En saga
for Septet
by Jean Sibelius
Chamber Music - Sheet Music

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Septet

SKU: BR.MR-2283

For Septet. Composed by Jean Sibelius. Edited by Gregory M. Barrett. Arranged by Gregory M. Barrett. Chamber music; Folder. Musica Rara. Early modern; Late-romantic. Score. 254 pages. Duration 18'. Breitkopf and Haertel #MR 2283. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.MR-2283).

ISBN 9790004488300. 9 x 12 inches.

The roots of En saga, Jean Sibelius's first known tone poem, do not entirely go back to an orchestral concept. We do know that melodies from Sibelius' 1890-1891 study period in Vienna ended up in En saga. In Spring 1891 he worked on an "Octet," in September 1892 he thought of a "Septet," in November of a "Ballet Scene No. 2." One month later he completed En saga which, by his own admission, was based on the "Octet." The arrangement as a septet by Gregory M. Barrett rests on the first version of 1892 and was given its first performance at the Brahms Hall in the Musikverein Vienna on 14 June 2003.