4 Pieces for String Quartet, Op.81 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 pieces
Composition Year 1827-47
Genre Categories Pieces; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

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Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#10979 - 4.73MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8700×⇩ - William

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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 6 (pp.264-83)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1875. Plate M.B. 28.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
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 Complete Score
#281437 - 1.79MB, 30 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1207×⇩ - Sconosciuto

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Sconosciuto (2013/5/18)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Eulenburg, n.d. Plate E.E. 1202.
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Selections

 1. Tema con variazioni / 2. Scherzo
#782712 - 2.40MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 41×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2022/5/19)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. autogr. Mendelssohn 44/10
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 3. Capriccio
#782522 - 115.82MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 42×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2022/5/18)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1843. (July 4).
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mendelssohn Aut. 38.2/6
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Parts

 Violin 1
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 Violin 2
#18781 - 7.75MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2849×⇩ - William

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 Viola
#18782 - 6.86MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3019×⇩ - William

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 Cello
#18783 - 5.71MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3156×⇩ - William

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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche, und Violoncell, Opp.12, 13, 44, 80, 81
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(1878). Plate 6003.
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 Violin 1
#389705 - 13.01MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 84×⇩ - Carolus

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Editor First edition (Paris)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus et Cie., n.d.[1850]. Plate B. & Cie. 5088.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Litolff ed.
See: String Quartets by Mendelssohn

Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#852425 - 0.28MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 55×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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 Piano 2
#852426 - 0.25MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 53×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/4/29)

Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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Misc. Notes designed to be printed front and back (and in color if possible)
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For Piano 4 hands (Brissler)

 Complete Score
#62256 - 3.53MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 345×⇩ - Morel

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Arranger Friedrich Brissler (1818–1893)
Publisher. Info. Quartette für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen (pp.242-85)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1876]. Plate V.A. 178.
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Selections

For Piano (Stark)

 1-2. Variationen, Scherzo
#40721 - 0.75MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 300×⇩ - Caprotti

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 3. Capriccio
#40690 - 0.53MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 409×⇩ - Caprotti

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Arranger Ludwig Stark (1831–1884)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1876). Plate V.A. 491.
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Andante sostenuto (No.1)

For Organ (Cooper)

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#256195 - 0.70MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 227×⇩ - Rob Peters

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 Color Cover
#256196 - 0.37MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 78×⇩ - Rob Peters

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Arranger George Cooper Jr. (1820–1876)
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer and Co., n.d.
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Fuga (No.4)

For Organ (Mounsey)

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#909482 - 8.07MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 13×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Arranger Elizabeth Mounsey (1819–1905)
Publisher. Info. London: Ewer & Co., n.d.(ca.1850).
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1932/11
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General Information

Work Title 4 Pieces for String Quartet
Alternative. Title Vier Sätze
Name Translations Quatre pièces pour quatuor à cordes; Four Pieces for String Quartet; 弦楽四重奏のための4つの小品 (メンデルスゾーン)
Authorities Wikipedia
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.81 ; MWV Sdr 44
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFM 136
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 pieces:
  1. Tema con variazioni. Andante sostenuto, MWV R 34
    (E major, 205 bars, 1847)
  2. Scherzo. Allegro leggiero, MWV R 35
    (A minor, 149 bars, 1847)
  3. Capriccio. Andante con moto, MWV R 32
    (E minor, 160 bars, 1843)
  4. Fuga. A tempo ordinario, MWV R 23
    (E-flat major, 152 bars, 1827)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1827-47
First Publication. 1850 see below
Average DurationAvg. Duration 18-21 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
External Links Wikipedia article
All Music Guide
Extra Information Issued posthumously as a collection in Leipzig, Paris and London.
Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 
Premiere série, 39e année, 53e de la collection, Nº 38,
21 Septembre 1850, page 492, registration 232.
Monatsbericht (1850), p.38

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