Octet (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

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General Info

Year: 1792
Duration: c. 23:50
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Out of print

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Movements

1. Allegro - 7:40
2. Andante - 6:520
3. Menuetto - 4:360
4. Presto - 3:59

Instrumentation

Full Score
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II
Horn in F I-II

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Octet in E-flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 103, is a work for two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, and two horns. Despite its high opus number, it was written in 1792/1793, during Beethoven's early period. Beethoven reworked and expanded the Octet in 1795 as his first String Quintet, Op. 4.

- Program Note by Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Consortium Classicum - 1997

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Royal College of Music (London, England) Wind Ensemble (Simon Channing, conductor) – 1 November 2019
• Gettysburg (Penn.) Sunderman Chamber Winds (Russell McCutcheon, conductor) – 16 February 2018
• University of Southern California Thornton Wind Ensemble (Sharon Lavery, conductor) - 7 October 2016
• University of Colorado Boulder Symphonic Band (Donald J. McKinney, conductor)– 4 February 2016
• University of Michigan Symphony Band (Michael Haithcock, conductor) - 24 October 2014

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Allegretto (ar. Longfield) (1812/2011)
• Coriolan Overture (tr. Hanna)
• Drei zapfenstreiche
• Écossaise for Military Band (arr. Stalter) (1810/2015)
• Egmont Overture (arr. Winterbottom) (1810/1924)
• Egmont Overture (tr. Hindsley) (1810/197-?)
• Egmont Overture (arr. Tobani) (1810/1900)
• The European Anthem (arr. Karajan) (1824/1972)
• Five Short Pieces for Wind Ensemble (arr. Reynolds) (1975)
• Für Elise (arr. Korson) (1810/1867/20--?)
• Heavens Resound, The
• Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (arr.Kirkland)
• March in F (arr. Dunnigan) (1809/1995)
• Military March (Beethoven) (adapt. Greissle) (1945)
• Octet
• Piano Concerto No. 1 (arr. Odom) (1795/2019)
• Prometheus Overture (arr. Slocum) (1801/1987)
• Quintet in E-flat Major, Op 16
• Rondino (1793/195-?)
• Scherzo from "Symphony No 9" (arr. Bocook) (1824/2004)
• Siegess­in­fonie
• Symphony No 1 in C Major (trans. Schmitt; ed. Marlow) (1800/1817/2007)
• Symphony No. 5 (arr. Godfrey) (1804-1808/1921)
• Symphony No. 7, Op. 92, Mvmt III Presto (Scherzo)
• Symphony No. 9 in D minor (tr. Vives) (1822-1824/2013)
• Three Equale
• Turkish March (arr. Rondeau) (1809/2011)
• Turkish March (arr. Curnow) (1809/2001)

References

• Octet (Beethoven), Wikipedia

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