Piano Quartet, Op.47 (Schumann, Robert)

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Performances

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Performer Pages Musicians from Marlboro (ensemble)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Performer Pages Julius Hegyi (conductor, violin)
Music in the Round (Ensemble)
Susan St-Amour (viola)
Douglas Moore (cello)
Charlotte Hegyi (piano)
Publisher Info. Lisa Hegyi Raymond
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Scores and Parts

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Whistling, n.d.[1845]. Plate 342.
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Misc. Notes Original images: 300dpi, color tif files approx. 3260 by 4060 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Title page of this copy was autographed by the composer.
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Publisher. Info. Paris: S. Richault, n.d.[185-?]. Plate 11013. R.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Submission Project.
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Editor Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Publisher. Info. Robert Schumanns Werke, Serie V: Für Pianoforte und andere Instrumente
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1885. Plate R.S. 21.
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Misc. Notes scan: score scanned at 600dpi (High Quality Scanning)
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Editor Rudolf Niemann (1838–1898)
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Rob. Schumann's Werke, Serie I.
Hamburg: Hugo Pohle, n.d.[1887]. Plate H.P. 646.
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.330dpi, color tif (from pdf) files approx. 3150 by 3900 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821–1905)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.2380, n.d.[1887]. Plate 7026.
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Editor Orfeo Mandozzi
Publisher. Info. Oberwart: Orfeo Mandozzi, 2013
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Misc. Notes Tune C String to B-flat before you start the 3rd movement
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands (Brahms)
Arranger Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Publisher. Info. Elberfeld: F.W. Arnold, n.d.[1864]. Plate A.542.
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Misc. Notes Colour scan with digital watermark
First edition [March 1864?]
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For Piano 4 hands (Reinecke)
Arranger Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d. Plate 7024.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. Reinecke arranged this work as early as 1859 for Heinze of Leipzig, then in 1873 for Durand, then sometime perhaps in the mid-1880s for C.F. Peters (or at least it was published around then, in each case).
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General Information

Work Title Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op.47
Alternative. Title Piano Quartet No.2
Composer Schumann, Robert
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.47
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IRS 109
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Sostenuto assai — Allegro ma non troppo
  2. Scherzo. Molto vivace
  3. Andante cantabile
  4. Finale. Vivace
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1842
First Publication. 1845 – Leipzig: Friedrich Whistling
Dedication Dem Grafen Mathieu Wielhorski (1794-1866) gewidmet
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation violin, viola, cello, piano
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Cellist retunes (scordatura) the C string down to B♭ for the last 42 bars of the third movement.