Editing Septet (section)

== 20th century ==
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The [[20th-century classical music|modern composer]] [[Bohuslav Martinů]] wrote three septets: a group of six dances called ''Les Rondes'' for [[oboe]], clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, two violins, and piano (1930); a piece called Serenade No. 3 for oboe, clarinet, four violins, and cello (1932); and ''Fantasie'' for [[theremin]], oboe, piano, and string quartet (1944). [[Darius Milhaud]] composed a string septet in 1964 for [[string sextet]] and double bass. [[Paul Hindemith]] composed a wind septet in 1948 for [[flute]], oboe, clarinet, [[bass clarinet]], bassoon, horn, and trumpet. [[Hanns Eisler]] composed two septets, both scored for flute, clarinet, bassoon, and string quartet: Septet No. 1 Op.&nbsp;92a ("Variations on American Children's Songs") (1941), and Septet No. 2 ("Circus") (1947), after Chaplin’s 1928 movie ''[[The Circus (1928 film)|The Circus]]''. Two component works in the series of ''[[Chôros]]'' by the Brazilian composer [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] are scored for seven instruments: [[Chôros No. 3|No. 3]] (1925), subtitled "Pica-páo" (Woodpecker), is for clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, 3 horns, and trombone (or for male chorus, or for both together), and [[Chôros No. 7|No. 7]] (1924), actually subtitled "Septet", is for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, violin, and cello (with tam-tam ad lib.).

There are some 20th-century works for seven instruments for which it is difficult to be certain that the term "septet" should be extended, if they are not obviously [[chamber music]] and may have titles pointing in other directions. Examples include [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''[[Introduction and Allegro (Ravel)|Introduction and Allegro]]'' (1905), [[Rudi Stephan]]'s ''Music for Seven String Instruments'' (1911), [[Leoš Janáček]]'s [[Concertino (Janáček)|Concertino]] (1925), [[Arnold Schoenberg]]'s Suite, Op. 29 (1925–26),<ref>{{cite web |title=Arnold Schönberg - Biographie |url=https://eas.schoenbergmusic.com/fr/arnold-schoenberg-biography/ |website=eas.schoenbergmusic.com |access-date=15 March 2025}}</ref> [[Isang Yun]]'s ''Music for Seven Instruments'' (1959), [[Aribert Reimann]]'s ''Reflexionen'' (1966),<ref>{{cite web |title=Reflexionen |url=https://www.schott-music.com/en/reflexionen-no155086.html |website=www.schott-music.com |access-date=15 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Dieter Schnebel]]'s ''In motu proprio'' canon for seven instruments of the same kind (1975) {{harv|Kube|2001}}. [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]] wrote his string septet, ''[[Shaker Loops]]'', in 1978.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shaker Loops  for string septet |url=https://www.earbox.com/shaker-loops/ |website=www.earbox.com |access-date=15 March 2025}}</ref>

[[Jehan Alain]] composed the ''[[Messe modale en septuor]]'' in 1938 for seven parts, soprano, alto, flute and string quartet.<ref>{{cite web |title=Messe modale en septuor (Alain, Jehan) - IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Messe_modale_en_septuor_(Alain,_Jehan) |website=imslp.org |access-date=15 March 2025}}</ref>