Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Octet for Wind Instruments


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Oktett fúvóshangszerekre
Foreign language / English title
Octet for Wind Instruments
Year of composition
1935

Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
8
Instrumentation
2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg., 2 cor.
Movements, parts
1. Allegro
2. Presto scherzando
3. Andantino
4. Vivace molto

Premiere information
1960; Berkes Wind Chamber Ensemble
Publisher / Source
MS