6 String Quartets, Op.12 (Abel, Carl Friedrich)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 quartets
First Publication 1775
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For flute, violin, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 4 players (arr); For oboe, violin, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr)

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Parts

Complete

 Complete Parts
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Publisher. Info. Berlin: J. J. Hummel, n.d. Plate 345.
Reprinted London: Merton Music, No.4903, n.d.[1996-2010].
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Quartet in A major, WK 68 (No.2)

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 Violin 2
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 Viola
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 Cello
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Publisher. Info. Berlin: J. J. Hummel, n.d. Plate 345.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Quartet in A major, WK 68 (No.2)

For Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello

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Arranger unknown (18th century)
Editor Stanley Sadie (1930–2005)
Publisher. Info. Montreux: Musica Rara, 1960. Plate M.R. 1218.
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Misc. Notes The source of this edition is Bremners edition according to the preface. There are a few differences to the Hummel edition, which may have its origin at Bremners edition or by the editor of Musica Rara.
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For Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello (Notenschreiber)

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⇒ 4 more: Oboe • Violin • Viola • Cello

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 Violin
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 Viola
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Misc. Notes Derived from the Musica Rara Edition, transposed to G-major
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Quartet in B♭ major, WK 71 (No.5)

For Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello (Notenschreiber)

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⇒ 4 more: Oboe • Violin • Viola • Cello

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General Information

Work Title 6 String Quartets
Alternative. Title
Composer Abel, Carl Friedrich
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.12
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 quartets:
  1. Quartet in C major, WK 67
  2. Quartet in A major, WK 68
  3. Quartet in F major, WK 69
  4. Quartet in D major, WK 70
  5. Quartet in B♭ major, WK 71
  6. Quartet in G major, WK 72
First Publication. 1775
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello [see discussion]
Manuscript Sources Mss parts with cembalo, ca.1780 (D-B, Mus.ms. 250/10)
Mss parts, 1774. Quartet in D major, WK 70 (D-Bsa. SA 3546)
Mss parts, ca.1780, Quartet in B♭ major, WK 71 (CZ-Pnm, XXII A 9)

Navigation etc.

  • In all six quartets of the Hummel edition, the first violin part is marked "Violino o Flauto Primo", but some movements doesn't fit in the range of the flute.
  • Erstdruck unter dem Titel "A Second Set of Six Quartettos for two Violins, a Tenor, and Violoncello Obligato. Composed by C.F. Abel Opus XII Printed for the Author ... by R. Bremner, London". No.1, No.2 and No.6 also for flute instead of violin 1. Remark for the 6 quartets in Berlin (Mus.ms 250/10): "Insgesamt 6 einzelne Quartette ohne Opuszahl. Die Manuskripte 1 u. 2 sind als Autographe anzusehen. Nr. 3-6 sind von unbekannter Handschrift." (W. Knape)
  • There is a version by Abel himself of the movements 1 and 3 of No.5 in BNF for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello.
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