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Mendelssohn Octet in E Flat Major, Op. 20

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Mendelssohn's Fugues

The piece was written for a virtuoso violinist and Mendelssohn gives him or her one more virtuosic rump, though in a soft dynamic. The first fugue is in a four bar group, with the eighth note theme as both an accompaniment and a theme. These are short little bursts of fugues, as Mendelsohn for a moment returns back to the main rushing cascade.

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