Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 2 quartets ; 4 movements (each) |
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Composition Year | 1805 |
Genre Categories | Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; |
Contents |
Work Title | 2 String Quartets |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Spohr, Louis |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.4 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | None [force assignment] |
Key | see below |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 2 quartets ; 4 movements (each) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1805 |
First Publication. | 1807 ca. – Leipzig: Kühnel, Plate 455 |
Dedication | Gotha & Atembourg |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | 2 violins, viola, cello |
From Brown's "Louis Spohr: A Critical Biography" "it is possible he would have consigned the manuscript [of the quartets] to oblivion... had it not been for his publisher, Kühnel of Leipzig [who having heard them in 1807 and having already published the concerto no.2 and duets opus 3 persuaded Spohr] to allow the quartets to be published." (p.44, 1984 Cambridge University Press edition) (composed in 1807 also, see Brown, p.43. "Probably composed over the preceding two or three years" - p.44.)