Top Ten Septets of all time

[Suffolkcoastal]

Isn't there also a Decet for wind instruments by Enescu?

[Panjandrum]

Britten's Sinfonietta op.1 is for ten instruments (fl, ob, cl, hn, bn & st qnt)

[Panjandrum]

Stravinsky's Concertino is for 12 instruments and his Ragtime for 11 instruments. Several of Hindemith's Kammermusik are for 11 or 12 instrument combinations.

[makropulos]

There are also the two Hummel Septets and a delightful one by Berwald and Janacek's Mladi is for Wind Septet.

Janacek's Mladi is for wind sextet rather than septet: It's scored for flute doubling piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn and bassoon - so six players (although seven instruments with flute and piccolo).

[LeMartinPecheur]

Top Ten Decets would have to include Gabriel Faure.

Faure????????????????

'Te decet hymnus' from the Requiem

I'll get me coat.

[Norfolk Born]

It's a pity Bruckner didn't write one...Ant'n's Decet would probably prove very popular.

[3rd Viennese School]

I think he did! It's in 33 different versions. (all missing)

[Norfolk Born]

Which septet of composers and/or performers best match the following descriptions, I wonder?
Bashful
Doc
Dopey
Grumpy (Brahms?)
Happy
Sleepy
Sneezy (Kodaly [Hary Janos]?)

[3rd Viennese School]

I only know Stravinsky! And that's devoid of any emotion. Roboty?

(Note. The neo classical period nearly starts with Octet and ends with Septet!)

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