3 String Quartets, Op.53 (Romberg, Andreas)

Sheet Music

Parts

Quartet No.1 in G major

Quartet No.2 in F minor

Quartet No.3 in E major

General Information

Work Title 3 String Quartets
Alternative. Title 7me suite des quatuors
Composer Romberg, Andreas
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.53
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IAR 20
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 string quartets
  • 1. Quartet in G major
    Allegro vivace - Andante con variazioni - Menuetto canone (Allegretto moderato) - Finale. Allegro vivace (G minor)
  • 2. Quartet in F minor
    Allegro con spirito - Menuetto (Allegretto) - Andante grazioso (on the tune Yellow Haird Laddie) - Finale (Allegro)
  • 3. Quartet in E major
    Allegro - Menuetto (Allegretto) - Adagio con molta espressione - Finale (Allegro)
First Publication. 1818 or earlier
Dedication Moïse Hertz à Londres
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello

Navigation etc.

  • Advertised in an October 1818 issue of AMZ, so not -later- than 1818, one assumes...
  • Reviewed in the September 1819 AMZ, p.641-43.
  • Dedicatee: several possibilities, but one possibility suggested by some Genealogy sites is that he also went by Abraham Hellendall and was born in Germany (I have not read a biography of Romberg so do not know what connection there was there.)