octet

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Mendelssohn Octet Felix Mendelssohn wrote the first version when he was 16.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023

Thurlow can be heard with Hampton on his recording of “I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me” as well as a 1953 Charlies Mingus Octet album featuring Mingus’ song about interracial love, “Eclipse.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2022

Mendelssohn and his Octet were, in fact, just a little too good to be true, and that is what makes him matter the most to us now.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2020

At what point did you decide that Octet was going to be entirely a cappella?

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2019

He was not yet seventeen when the Octet was finished, which was pronounced the most fresh and original work he had yet accomplished.

From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Brower, Harriette