Octandre is a chamber piece by Edgard Varèse, written in 1923 and published by J. Curwen & Sons in London in 1924 (new edition, New York: G. Ricordi, 1956; new edition, revised and edited by Chou Wen-chung, New York: Ricordi, 1980).[1] It is dedicated to pianist E. Robert Schmitz.
Octandre consists of three movements:[2]
- Assez lent
- Très vif et nerveux
- Grave–Animé et jubilatoire
It is scored for 1 piccolo/flute, 1 oboe, 1 B♭ clarinet/E♭ clarinet, 1 horn, 1 bassoon, 1 trumpet (in C), 1 trombone, 1 double bass.[3][4]
- ^ Chou Wen-chung. "Octandre (1923)". Program notes for the new edition revised and edited by Chou Wen-chung (New York: Ricordi, 1980). Chou Wen-chung website (Accessed 15 April 2014); Kennedy, Michael (1990). "Octandre". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 459. ISBN 0193113201.
- ^ Donato Mancini. Octandre, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and double bass at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Octandre (1923)" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
- ^ Paul Griffiths, "Varèse, Edgard [Edgar] (Victor Achille Charles)", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001).
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