| 作曲者 | Franz Schubert (1797-1828)・フランツ・シューベルト |
| タイトル | Octet D 803（パート譜） |
| 出版社 | G. Henle Verlag |
| 楽器編成 | clarinet (in Bb or in C), bassoon, horn (in F or in C), 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass |
| 品番 | 9790201805627 |
| 校訂者 | Peter Jost |
| 形状 | 624 g |
| 出版番号 | HN 562 |
| ISMN | 979-0-2018-0562-7 |
The model for this composition was Beethoven’s Septet op. 20, whose Divertimento character and six-part layout were adopted by Schubert, although he merely expanded the instrumentation by adding a second violin. In a letter he numbered his octet amongst the chamber music works with which he desired to blaze a “path to the great symphony”. It can no longer be ascertained whether the composition was commissioned by Count Ferdinand Troyer, who had a musical salon in Vienna and played the clarinet. We only know that Schubert composed the work at the beginning of 1824, taking only a few weeks to do so and that it was shortly performed at Troyer’s afterwards. Today it is one of the most popular larger chamber music works.