Stravinsky, I :: Octet for Wind Instruments

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  • Composer
    Stravinsky, I
  • Instrumentation
    Mixed Ensemble (>=5)
  • Publisher
    Boosey & Hawkes [M051100446]
  • Orchestration
    fl, cl, 2 bsn, a tpt, c tpt, trm, bs trm
  • Includes CD or Audio Download
    No
  • Classification
    Not Applicable
  • Genre
    Undefined
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Octet for Wind Instruments
Stravinsky, I

Igor Stravinsky presents the Octet for Wind Instruments, revised 1952, for flute, clarinet, 2 bassoons, trumpet in A, trumpet in C, tenor trombone, and bass trombone. Set of parts.

The Octet began with a dream, in which I saw myself in a small room surrounded by a small group of instrumentalists playing some attractive music ... I awoke from this little concert in a state of great delight and anticipation and the next morning began to compose.

- Igor Stravinsky

The result was a woodwind divertissement that equally exercises the listener's mind and the eight virtuoso performers. The first movement marks Stravinsky's rediscovery of sonata form. The second is the first of many Stravinsky variation sets to come. The quick finale yields a stately coda: cool, jazzy, syncopated.

Aaron Copland attended the premiere in Paris and later wrote: I can attest to the general feeling of mystification that followed the initial hearing. Here was Stravinsky ... now suddenly, without any seeming explanation, making an about-face and presenting a piece to the public that bore no conceivable resemblance to the individual style with which he had hitherto been identified.... No one could possibly have foreseen ... that the Octet was destined to influence composers all over the world.

  • Composer
    Stravinsky, I
  • Instrumentation
    Mixed Ensemble (>=5)
  • Publisher
    Boosey & Hawkes [M051100446]
  • Orchestration
    fl, cl, 2 bsn, a tpt, c tpt, trm, bs trm
  • Includes CD or Audio Download
    No
  • Classification
    Not Applicable
  • Genre
    Undefined

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