String octet
A string octet is a piece of music written for eight string instruments, or sometimes the group of eight players. It usually consists of four violins, two violas and two cellos, or four violins, two violas, a cello and a double bass.String octets by notable composers
- Luciano Berio, Korót
- Max Bruch, String Octet in B♭ major
- Sylvano Bussotti, Poésies à Maldoror
- George Enescu, Octet in C major, Op. 7
- Niels Gade, String Octet in F major, Op. 17
- Reinhold Glière, String Octet in D Major, Op. 5
- Cristóbal Halffter, Fandango
- Gordon Jacob
- * Suite
- * Cello Octet
- Tomás Marco, Miró
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Octet, Op. 20
- Darius Milhaud, Octet for Strings, Op. 291
- Arvo Pärt
- * Fratres
- * L'abbé Agathon
- Steve Reich, Cello Counterpoint
- Kaija Saariaho, Neiges
- Gunther Schuller, Hommage a Rayechka
- Peter Sculthorpe, Chorale
- Dmitri Shostakovich, Two Pieces for String Octet
- Giovanni Sollima, Violoncelles, vibrez!
- Johan Svendsen, String Octet in A major, Op. 3
