The Sextet in C major for piano, violin, viola, cello, clarinet and horn, Op.

37, was composed by Ernst von Dohnányi in 1935.

[1] The sextet was written in 1935 during a lengthy period of illness, during which Dohnányi was bedridden with a thrombosis for several months.

[1] The sextet consists of four movements: A reviewer for the Budapesti Hírlap, who attended the premiere on 17 June 1935, wrote favorably of the work: "One of the sextet's greatest values is that it is melodically original.

Every tune is invented, not borrowed, and not based on a quotation.