German composer Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) composed this wind Octet, Op. 216 in 1892, though the reason is unclear. The four-movement work may have been written at the request of Paul Taffanel's �Soci�t� de musique de chambre pour instruments � vent.� This octet shares the same instrumentation as Franz Lachner's Op. 156 and Th�odore Gouvy's Op. 71: flute, oboe, two clarinets, two bassoons, and two horns.