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


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Oktett
Foreign language / English title
Octet
Subtitle
For clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quintet
Year of composition
1985

Type
Ensemble
Number of players
8
Instrumentation
cl., fg. - cor. - strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
14 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III

Premiere information
21 November 1985, West-Berlin; Philharmonia Octet
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungarian Radio