8
Septet
Igor Stravinsky · 1882–1971 · Russian-American
For clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- Strings & winds
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 12 min
- Composed
- 1952–53
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Three movements ending with a Gigue; his move towards twelve-note writing
About this work
- Composed
- 1952-53
- Dedicated to
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- First performed
- 1954/01/23