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Septet in A major, Op. 132
Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner · 1785–1849 · German
For oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, cello, double bass, piano
Also known as Grand Septuor
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the piano part
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- Ensemble
- Strings & winds
- Hardest part
- Piano
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 31 min
- Composed
- 1836
- Era
- Early Romantic
Notes
Piano with wind quartet, cello and bass; dedicated to Emperor Ferdinand I
About this work
- Dedicated to
- a Sa Majesté L'Imperieur d'Autriche, Roi d'Hongrie et de Bohème (Ferdinand I, 1793–1875)
- First performed
- 1835 in Baden-Baden (possibly earlier) (by August)
- Allegro brillante
- Andante — Poco più lento — Tempo I
- Scherzo
- Allegretto vivace e leggierissimo
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