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A string octet is a piece of music written for eight string instruments, or sometimes the group of eight players. It usually consists of four violins, two violas and two cellos, or four violins, two violas, a cello and a double bass.




Notable string octets



Most frequently performed string octets include:

Felix Mendelssohn – Octet, Op. 20
Max Bruch – String Octet in B♭ major (with bass replacing the second cello)
Other string octets include:

Airat Ichmouratov – Octet for strings in G minor "Letter from an Unknown Woman"
Luciano Berio – Korót (eight cellos)
Sylvano Bussotti – Poésies à Maldoror (eight cellos)
George Enescu – Octet in C major, Op. 7
Niels Gade – String Octet in F major, Op. 17
Reinhold Glière – String Octet in D Major, Op. 5
Cristóbal Halffter – Fandango (eight cellos)
Gordon Jacob
Suite (eight violas)
Cello Octet (eight cellos)
Tomás Marco – Miró (eight cellos)
Darius Milhaud – Octet for Strings, Op. 291
Arvo Pärt
Fratres (version for eight cellos)
L'abbé Agathon (eight cellos)
Joachim Raff - String Octet Op. 176
Osmo Tapio Räihälä – Swarm
Steve Reich – Cello Counterpoint (eight cellos)
Kaija Saariaho – Neiges (eight cellos)
Gunther Schuller – Hommage a Rayechka (eight cellos)
Peter Sculthorpe – Chorale (eight cellos)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Octet
Giovanni Sollima – Violoncelles, vibrez! (eight cellos)
Louis Spohr – Double Quartets Op. 65, 77, 87, 136
Johan Svendsen – String Octet in A major, Op. 3




See also


String trio
String quartet
String quintet
String sextet
Violin octet




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