# Teen Eighngst: Early String Octet Powerhouses by Mendelssohn and Enescu

The Library’s David Plylar speaks about two remarkable works created by young composers. Felix Mendelssohn and George Enescu both composed their string octets while still in their teens, and each piece offers a fresh take on cyclical/self-referential musical structures, in addition to being landmark works in the history of the string octet. The lecture preceded a performance in the Coolidge Auditorium of both octets by the Belcea Quartet and Quatuor Ébène.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 56 min
- By: Plylar, David
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10486/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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