Octet for winds and strings

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:musical_composition
gptkbp:arrangements for various ensembles
gptkbp:characteristics rhythmic complexity
lyrical melodies
harmonic innovation
contrapuntal textures
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Paul_Hindemith
gptkbp:critical_reception generally positive
gptkbp:cultural_significance important work in 20th-century chamber music
gptkbp:dedication to the members of the Berlin Philharmonic
gptkbp:duration approximately 20 minutes
gptkbp:educational_use often studied in music schools
gptkbp:first_performance 1924
gptkbp:genre gptkb:chamber_music
gptkbp:historical_context development of modernist music
post-World War I era
reaction against Romanticism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Octet for winds and strings
gptkbp:influence_on_later_works gptkb:chamber_music
gptkbp:influenced_artists gptkb:Béla_Bartók
gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkb:Igor_Stravinsky
gptkbp:influences German music tradition
gptkbp:inspiration classical forms
gptkbp:instruments gptkb:String_Quartet
gptkb:clarinet
gptkb:trumpet
flute
horn
oboe
bassoon
gptkbp:music_style fugue
sonata form
theme and variations
rondo
gptkbp:notable_performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic
by the New York Philharmonic
by the Vienna Philharmonic
gptkbp:notable_recordings by the Berlin Philharmonic
by the London Sinfonietta
by the Ensemble Modern
gptkbp:number_of_movements gptkb:4
gptkbp:performance chamber music concerts
moderate to advanced
gptkbp:premiere_location gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Schott_Music
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:Symphonic_Metamorphosis
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._4
Wind Quintet
gptkbp:style gptkb:neoclassicism
gptkbp:year_composed 1923
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jörg_Widmann
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5