Septet
A septet (from Latin septem " seven " ) is in the music, a group of seven performers or a piece of music for such a group.
It has no strong cast tradition or genre emerged, but did Ludwig van Beethoven's Septet for clarinet, horn, bassoon and four string exerted a strong influence on the composers of their own and the following generation, and finally stimulated Franz Schubert to his octet.
Also in most other septets is a quartet of four ( mostly different ) strings a wind trio opposite; often but one of these instruments is replaced by a keyboard instrument. In the new music (see examples John Cage and Morton Feldman ) and some quite unusual, seemingly unbalanced instrumental combinations have been used.
Selections
Works for Septettbesetzungen in different instrument cluster, for example, wrote:
Beethoven Cast
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat major, Op 20 for clarinet, bassoon and horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass
- Conradin Kreutzer: Septet in E flat major, Op 62 for clarinet, bassoon and horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass
- Franz Berwald: Septet in B flat major (1828 ) for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass
- Max Bruch: Septet, Op posth for clarinet, bassoon and horn, two violins, cello, double bass
Pure string section
- Rudi Stephan: Music for 7 string instruments
- Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen, Reconstructed original version for two violins, two violas, two cellos, double bass
Pure wind instruments
- Paul Hindemith: Septet for Winds (1948 ) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet
String and brass group with keyboard or harp
- Camille Saint- Saëns: Septet for trumpet, piano, two violins, viola, cello, double bass
- Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
- Charles Koechlin: Sonata à 7 op 221 for oboe, flute, harp and string quartet op 221
- Hanns Eisler: 1 Suite for Septet Op 92a and second septet "Circus ", both for Flute, Oboe, Harp (or harpsichord) and string quartet
- Igor Stravinsky: Septet (1953 ) for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and piano
- John Cage: Seven (1988 ) for flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, viola, cello and piano
Other compilations
- Wolfgang Mozart: Divertimento No. 11, KV 251 ( " Nannerl Septet " ) for Oboe, 2 Violins, Viola, Bass, 2 Horns
- False Relationships and the Extended Ending for violin, cello, trombone, three pianos, Tubular Bells
- The Straits of Magellan for flute, horn, trumpet, electric guitar, harp, piano, double bass
- For Frank O'Hara (1973 ) for flute, clarinet, two percussionists, piano, violin, cello
- Seven2 (1990 ) for bass flute, bass clarinet, bass trombone, two percussionists, cello and double bass
- Ensemble Type
- Musical genre by occupation