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Octets in classical music are one of the largest groupings of chamber music.Although eight-part scoring was fairly common for serenades and divertimenti in the 18th century, the word "octet" only first appeared at the beginning of the 19th century, as the title of a composition by Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, whose Octet Op. 12 (published posthumously in 1808) features the piano ...
The composer regarded this as a perfectly ordinary option, while pointing out "whether there are eight, nine, or ten performers, the piece is always musically an octet" (Reich 2002, 98). In 1985 New York City Ballet 's balletmaster Jerome Robbins made an eponymous ballet to this music ( Kisselgoff 1985 ).
This category is for musical groups that consist of eight members total at some point, long enough for critics to describe them as octets. For compositions, see Category:Compositions for octet . Subcategories
A musical ensemble, also known as a music group, musical group, or a band is a group of people who perform instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist solely of instrumentalists, such as the jazz quartet or the orchestra.
Octet is a chamber choir musical written and composed by Dave Malloy and directed by Annie Tippe. The show "explores addiction and nihilism within the messy context of 21st century technology." The show "explores addiction and nihilism within the messy context of 21st century technology."
VOCES8 is a British vocal ensemble originally founded in 2003 [1] and regrouped in 2005 [2] by brothers Paul and Barnaby Smith, both former choristers of Westminster Abbey. [3] [4] For most of its history, the ensemble has contained two sopranos, two countertenors, two tenors, a baritone and a bass. [1]
The Octet for strings in C major, Op. 7, is an octet composition for string instruments by the Romanian composer George Enescu, completed in 1900. Together with the Octet in F major, Op. 17 (1849) by Niels Gade , it is regarded as amongst the most notable successors to Felix Mendelssohn 's celebrated Octet, Op. 20 .
In particle physics, the quark model is a classification scheme for hadrons in terms of their valence quarks—the quarks and antiquarks that give rise to the quantum numbers of the hadrons. The quark model underlies "flavor SU(3)" , or the Eightfold Way , the successful classification scheme organizing the large number of lighter hadrons that ...