Notated Music Octet, violins (4), violas, violoncellos op. 20, E♭ major


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Title
Octet, violins (4), violas, violoncellos op. 20, E♭ major
Contributor Names
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix -- 1809-1847 (creator)
Library of Congress -- Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation.
Created / Published
1825 Oct. 15, monographic.
Subject Headings
-  String octets (Violins (4), violas (2), violoncellos (2)) -- Scores
Notes
-  Holograph, in ink.
-  At end: Berlin, d. 15 Oct. 1825.
-  Published: Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel, ca. 1845.
-  In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation collection of the Library of Congress.
Form
manuscript score
print
Extent
1 ms. score ([77] p.) ; 33 cm.
Repository
Performing Arts Reading Room (Madison, LM113)
Library of Congress Control Number
2008561124
LC Classification
ML30.8j op. 20
Language
No Linguistic Content
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Description
manuscript score | 1 ms. score ([77] p.) ; 33 cm. | Holograph, in ink. At end: Berlin, d. 15 Oct. 1825. Published: Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel, ca. 1845. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation collection of the Library of Congress. Manuscript Score (Form). Print (Form).
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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, and Library Of Congress. Octet, violins 4, violas, violoncellos op. 20, E♭ major. , monographic, 1825. Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008561124/.

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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, F. & Library Of Congress. (1825) Octet, violins 4, violas, violoncellos op. 20, E♭ major. , monographic. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008561124/.

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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, and Library Of Congress. Octet, violins 4, violas, violoncellos op. 20, E♭ major. , monographic, 1825. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008561124/>.

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