Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R20: IV. Presto by Felix Mendelssohn, Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet Song Details

Felix Mendelssohn, Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet's ' "Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R20: IV. Presto" was released on its scheduled release date, January 9, 2026. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:39, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The song is number 4 out of 8 in Enescu & Mendelssohn: Octets by Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet, Felix Mendelssohn, George Enescu. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United Kingdom. Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R20: IV. Presto is below average in popularity right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R20: IV. Presto by Felix Mendelssohn, Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 78 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

E♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity: 23%
Loudness: -11.395 dB
Acousticness: 92%
Danceability: 36%
Energy: 42%
Instrumentalness: 29%
Liveness: 9%
Loudness: 81%
Speechiness: 4%
Valence: 43%

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