Septet

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A septet (from Lat. Septem : "seven") is in the music , a group of seven performers or a piece of music for such a group.

No strong instrumentation tradition or genre has developed, but Ludwig van Beethoven's septet for clarinet, horn, bassoon and four strings had a strong influence on the composers of his own generation and that of the following generations and ultimately inspired Franz Schubert to create his octet .

In most of the other septets, too, a quartet of four (mostly different) strings contrasts with a wind trio; however, one of these instruments is often replaced by a keyboard instrument . In New Music (see examples of John Cage and Morton Feldman ) some very unusual, apparently unbalanced instrumental combinations have also been used.

Selection of works

Works for septets in a wide variety of instrument combinations wrote, for example:

precursor

  • Wolfgang Mozart : Divertimento No. 11 in D major KV 251 (“Nannerl Septet”) (1776) for oboe, two horns, two violins, viola, double bass
  • Ignaz Pleyel : Septet in E flat major B.251 (1787) for two horns, string quartet, double bass

Strings and wind instruments

  • Ludwig van Beethoven : Septet in E flat major op.20 (1799) for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass
  • Peter von Winter : Septet in E flat major op. 10 (printed 1803) for clarinet (or oboe), bassoon, two horns, string trio
  • Conradin Kreutzer : Grand Septet in E flat major op.62 (1822) for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass
  • Franz Berwald : Grand Septet in B flat major (1828) for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass
  • Archduke Rudolph of Austria : Septet in E minor (1830) for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass
  • Max Bruch : Septet in E flat major op. Posth. (1849) for clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, cello, double bass
  • Adolphe Blanc : Septuor in E major op. 40 (1860) for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass
  • Vincent d'Indy : Suite dans le style ancien D major op.24 (1886) for two flutes, trumpet, string quartet
  • Joseph Miroslav Weber : From my life in E major (1896, printed 1899) for clarinet, bassoon, two horns, string trio
  • Hanns Eisler : Suite No. 1 for Septet op. 92a (1940) and Septet No. 2 “Circus” (1947), both for flute, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet

String and wind section with keyboard instrument or harp

  • Ferdinand Ries : Septet op.25 (1808) for clarinet, two horns, violin, cello, double bass, piano
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel : Septet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 74 (1816) for flute, oboe, horn, viola, violoncello, double bass, piano
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel : Septet No. 2 in C major “Military” op. 114 (1829) for flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, violoncello, double bass, piano
  • Ignaz Moscheles : Grand septuor in D major op. 88 (1832–33) for clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano
  • Friedrich Kalkbrenner : Septet A major op.132 (1835) for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violoncello, double bass, piano
  • Alexander Fesca : Septet No. 1 in C minor op.26 (1842) for oboe, horn, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, piano
  • George Onslow : Septet in B flat major op.79a (1849) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, double bass, piano
  • Louis Spohr : Septet in A minor op.147 (1853) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, cello, piano
  • Camille Saint-Saëns : Septet in E flat major op. 65 (1879–80) for trumpet, two violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
  • Maurice Ravel : Introduction and Allegro (1906) for flute, clarinet, string quartet, harp
  • Arnold Schönberg : Suite op. 29 (1924–26) for two clarinets, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano
  • Charles Koechlin : Sonata à 7 op. 221 (1949) for oboe, flute, string quartet, harp
  • Igor Stravinsky : Septet (1953) for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, piano
  • John Cage : Seven (1988) for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, piano
  • Rudi Stephan : Music for 7 string instruments (harp, piano and string quintet) (1911)

Strings only

Pure wind instrumentation

  • Charles Koechlin : Septet for wind instruments op.165 (1937) for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, horn
  • Paul Hindemith : Septet for wind instruments (1948) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet

Other occupations

  • Heitor Villa-Lobos : Chôros No. 7 “Settimino” (1924) for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, violin, violoncello
  • Morton Feldman :
    • False Relationships and the Extended Ending (1968) for trombone, violin, violoncello, three pianos, tubular bells
    • The Straits of Magellan (1961) for flute, horn, trumpet, electric guitar, harp, piano, double bass
    • For Frank O'Hara (1973) for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, two percussionists, piano
  • John Cage : Seven 2 (1990) for bass flute, bass clarinet, bass trombone, two percussionists, violoncello, double bass

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