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Group portrait of septet of jazz musicians with instruments and trophy, ca. 1920. A septet is a formation containing exactly seven members. It is commonly associated with musical groups but can be applied to any situation where seven similar or related objects are considered a single unit, such as a seven-line stanza of poetry.
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A sextet (or hexad) is a formation containing exactly six members.The former term is commonly associated with vocal ensembles (e.g. The King's Singers, Affabre Concinui) or musical instrument groups, but can be applied to any situation where six similar or related objects are considered a single unit.
Among the earliest works in this form are the nine string sextets Op. 23 by Luigi Boccherini, written in 1776.Other notable string sextets include the String Sextets Op. 18 and 36 by Brahms, Dvořák's Op. 48, Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4, Erich Wolfgang Korngold Op. 10, Erwin Schulhoff's String Sextet of 1924, and Charles Wuorinen's String ...
Chôros No. 7, subtitled "Settimino" (Septet), is an instrumental septet written in 1924 by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.It is part of a series of fourteen numbered compositions collectively titled Chôros, ranging from solos for guitar and for piano up to works scored for soloist or chorus with orchestra or multiple orchestras, and in duration up to over an hour.
The score is dedicated to the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. [1] It consists of three movements, [2] the first lacking a title, and the last lacking a number in the score. [1] The work is influenced by twelve-tone technique, especially by the Wind Quintet, Op. 26, and the Suite for septet, Op. 29, composed by Arnold Schoenberg. [3]
It contains a single septet, refrain, a strict rhyme scheme and a distinct meter pattern. [1] Rondelet is the diminutive of rondel, a similar, longer verse form. This is the basic structure: Line 1: A—four syllables; Line 2: b—eight syllables; Line 3: A—repeat of line one; Line 4: a—eight syllables; Line 5: b—eight syllables; Line 6 ...
In fact, his early work on Metamorphosen was for a septet (2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and a bass). The starting date for the score is given as 13 March 1945, which suggests that the destruction of the Vienna opera house the previous day gave Strauss the impetus to finish the work and draw together his previous sketches in just one month ...