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Felix Mendelssohn's Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20, was composed in the autumn of 1825 and completed on October 15, when the composer was 16. He wrote the octet as a birthday gift for his friend and violin teacher Eduard Ritz [ de]; it was somewhat substantially revised in 1832 before the first public performance on 30 January 1836 at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. (Christiansen) Conrad Wilson summarizes much of its reception ever since: "Its youthful verve, brilliance and perfection make it one of the miracles of nineteenth-century music."

copied from Octet (Mendelssohn)

Many people often think that Mendelssohn received inspiration from an earlier work written by composer and violinist Louis Spohr, his Double Quartet in D minor, op. 65 when writing his Octet.