Double String Quartet No.1, Op.65 (Spohr, Louis)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4
Composition Year 1823 March-April
Genre Categories Quartets; For 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 8 players; For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

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 Complete Score
#65970 - 3.54MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2756×⇩ - Carolus

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.
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 Complete Score
#316416 - 10.27MB, 56 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 950×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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 Complete Score
#1070457 - 0.68MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10×⇩ - Michael Whitmore

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Parts

 Complete Parts
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⇒ 8 more: Quartet 1 - Violin 1 • Quartet 1 - Violin 2 • Quartet 1 - Viola • Quartet 1 - Cello • Quartet 2 - Violin 1 • Quartet 2 - Violin 2 • Quartet 2 - Viola • Quartet 2 - Cello

 Quartet 1 - Violin 1
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 Quartet 1 - Violin 2
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 Quartet 1 - Viola
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 Quartet 1 - Cello
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 Quartet 2 - Violin 1
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 Quartet 2 - Violin 2
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 Quartet 2 - Viola
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 Quartet 2 - Cello
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d.[1825]. Plate 1831.
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 Complete Parts
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⇒ 8 more: Violin 1a • Violin 2a • Viola 1 • Cello 1 • Violin 1b • Violin 2b • Viola 2 • Cello 2

 Violin 1a
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 Violin 2a
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 Viola 1
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 Cello 1
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 Violin 1b
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 Violin 2b
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 Viola 2
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 Cello 2
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.
Reprinted London: Merton Music, No. 8017, n.d.[1996-2010].
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Merton-Ourtext Project.
Not a reprint of the first edition (see BSB). Also an early engraving but not quite as early.
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 Violin 1a
#585925 - 0.79MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/C* - 100×⇩ - IS

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⇒ 7 more: Violin 1b • Violin 2a • Violin 2b • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello 1 • Cello 2

 Violin 1b
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 Violin 2a
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 Violin 2b
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 Viola 1
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 Viola 2
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 Cello 1
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 Cello 2
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Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter
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 Quartet I - Violin 1
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⇒ 6 more: Quartet I - Violin 2 • Quartet I - Viola • Quartet I - Cello • Quartet II - Violins 1/2 • Quartet II - Viola • Quartet II - Cello

 Quartet I - Violin 2
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 Quartet I - Viola
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 Quartet I - Cello
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 Quartet II - Violins 1/2
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 Quartet II - Cello
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Larghetto (No.3)

For Organ (Cooper)
See: Organ Arrangements (Vol.16)

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General Information

Work Title Double String Quartet No.1
Alternative. Title Double Quartet No.1
Composer Spohr, Louis
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.65
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ILS 14
Key D minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
1. Allegro ( = 126)
2. Scherzo: Vivace ( = 104)
3. Larghetto ( = 66)
4. Allegretto molto ( = 138)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1823 March-April
First Publication. 1825
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
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First performed privately at Otto v. der Malsburg's home. First public performance sometime between 1823 and 1825 (several performances noted in journals in the latter year.)

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