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

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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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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Eulenburg, n.d. Plate E.E. 1202.
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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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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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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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Editor First edition (Paris)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus et Cie., n.d.[1850]. Plate B. & Cie. 5088.
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)
Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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For Piano 4 hands (Brissler)
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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For Piano (Stark)
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)

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Fuga (No.4)

For Organ (Mounsey)
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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Work Title 4 Pieces for String Quartet
Alternative. Title Vier Sätze
Name Translations Quatre pièces pour quatuor à cordes; Four Pieces for String Quartet
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Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.81 ; MWV Sdr 44
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. 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
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Extra Information Issued posthumously as a collection in Leipzig, Paris and London. [more...]
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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