String Octet, Op.20 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1825 (October 15)*
Genre Categories Octets; For strings; Scores featuring string ensemble; For 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 8 players; For flute, violin, cello, piano (arr); For 4 players (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 violins, cello, piano (arr); for piano 4 hands, 2 violins, viola and cello (arr); for violin, cello and piano 4-hands (arr); For 2 pianos (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 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); For 8 players (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#285160 - 36.12MB - 31:34 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3681×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2013/6/18)

Performer Pages Jupiter String Quartet (string quartet)
Borromeo String Quartet (string quartet)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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 Complete Performance
#73844 - 29.64MB - 32:22 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10550×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/8/4)

Performer Pages Musicians from Marlboro (ensemble)
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Scores

 Complete Score
#12544 - 21.65MB, 80 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16663×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2007/8/24)

Publisher. Info. Berlin: Holograph manuscript, 1825. (dated 15 October)
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Misc. Notes Color scan
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 Complete Score
#10980 - 11.07MB, 48 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 26494×⇩ - William

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William (2007/7/29)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie V, No.19
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874. Plate M.B. 19.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
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 Complete Score
#07690 - 1.71MB, 102 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 32094×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2007/6/13)

Editor Alexander Klein
Publisher. Info. Mutopia Project, 2006.
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 Complete Score
#777511 - 68.65MB, 52 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 417×⇩ - NKim

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NKim (2022/4/24)

Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.(ca.1902). Plate U.E. 855a.
Reprinted New York: International Music Company, 1948. Plate 743.
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Misc. Notes Scanned at 300dpi monochrome. Has not been de-skewed, yet. Matching parts can be found in the "Parts" tab.
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Parts

 Violin 1
#537870 - 2.28MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1984×⇩ - JHD

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JHD (2018/8/25)

⇒ 7 more: Violin 2 • Violin 3 • Violin 4 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello 1 • Cello 2

 Violin 2
#537871 - 1.29MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1347×⇩ - JHD

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 Violin 3
#537872 - 1.22MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1302×⇩ - JHD

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 Violin 4
#537873 - 1.14MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1306×⇩ - JHD

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 Viola 1
#537874 - 1.45MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1382×⇩ - JHD

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 Viola 2
#537875 - 1.41MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1339×⇩ - JHD

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 Cello 1
#537876 - 1.28MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1348×⇩ - JHD

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 Cello 2
#537877 - 1.09MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1377×⇩ - JHD

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JHD (2018/8/25)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 6141.
Reprinted Frankfurt, n.d.(after 1949)
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 Violin 1
#253952 - 2.73MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16457×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2012/10/8)

⇒ 7 more: Violin 2 • Violin 3 • Violin 4 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello 1 • Cello 2

 Violin 2
#253953 - 1.00MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7932×⇩ - Generoso

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 Violin 3
#253954 - 0.95MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7090×⇩ - Generoso

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 Violin 4
#253955 - 0.88MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7383×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2012/10/8)

 Viola 1
#253956 - 1.06MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7767×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2012/10/8)

 Viola 2
#253957 - 0.97MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7117×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2012/10/8)

 Cello 1
#253958 - 0.97MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8556×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2012/10/8)

 Cello 2
#253959 - 0.82MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8109×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2012/10/8)

Editor Hellmesberger Quartet
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.(ca.1902). Plate U.E. 855a.
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 Violin 1
#601078 - 5.91MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 471×⇩ - NKim

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NKim (2019/12/11)

⇒ 7 more: Violin 2 • Violin 3 • Violin 4 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello 1 • Cello 2

 Violin 2
#601079 - 16.69MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 181×⇩ - NKim

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 Violin 3
#601080 - 16.87MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 169×⇩ - NKim

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 Violin 4
#601081 - 18.60MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 179×⇩ - NKim

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NKim (2019/12/11)

 Viola 1
#601082 - 19.23MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 193×⇩ - NKim

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 Viola 2
#601083 - 18.18MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 192×⇩ - NKim

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 Cello 1
#601084 - 18.63MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 212×⇩ - NKim

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 Cello 2
#601085 - 12.22MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 197×⇩ - NKim

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NKim (2019/12/11)

Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.(ca.1902). Plate U.E. 855a.
Reprinted New York: International Music Company, 1948. Plate 743.
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 Violin 1
#07691 - 0.33MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 14482×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2007/6/13)

⇒ 7 more: Violin 2 • Violin 3 • Violin 4 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello 1 • Cello 2

 Violin 2
#07692 - 0.24MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6515×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2007/6/13)

 Violin 3
#07693 - 0.23MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5897×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2007/6/13)

 Violin 4
#07694 - 0.22MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5868×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2007/6/13)

 Viola 1
#07695 - 0.29MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6950×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2007/6/13)

 Viola 2
#07696 - 0.26MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6380×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2007/6/13)

 Cello 1
#07697 - 0.25MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7764×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2007/6/13)

 Cello 2
#07698 - 0.19MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7874×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2007/6/13)

Editor Alexander Klein
Publisher. Info. Mutopia Project
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Misc. Notes with measure numbers, but many quick turns
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Flute or Violin, Violin, Cello and Piano (Shuttleworth)

 Complete Score and Parts
#391499 - 13.03MB, 109 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 370×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2015/8/30)

Arranger Edward Shuttleworth
Publisher. Info. London: Ewer, n.d.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes From the Drs. Whitby Music Collection at the University of Western Ontario.
Instrumentation: not v va vc, but fl/v, v, vc.
V1 part has following typos: p4 (second page), 3 lines from end, bar 2 should be B♮; p6, line 4 bar 3 last note should be F; p7, 2 lines from end, last bar, note 5 should be D; p11 line 2 bar 1 note 3 should be D.
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For Piano 4 Hands, 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Burchard)

 Piano 1, 2
#709035 - 14.02MB, 54 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 52×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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 String Parts
#709036 - 20.27MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 29×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2021/6/17)

Arranger Carl Burchard (1818-1896)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate KM 896/7.
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For Violin, Cello and Piano 4-hands (Rauch)

 Violin and Cello Parts
#771874 - 5.46MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 27×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2022/3/24)

Arranger Johannes N. Rauch (fl.1850–1890)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Litolff, n.d. Plate 10510.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes color
The complete parts are here at CZ-PU, but are locked up at present.
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#852433 - 0.43MB, 47 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 104×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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 Piano 2
#852434 - 0.39MB, 43 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 65×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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Misc. Notes each part designed to be printed front and back
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For Piano 4 hands

 Complete Score
#161262 - 5.71MB, 43 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1363×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2011/12/6)

 Color Cover
#161263 - 1.45MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 187×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2011/12/6)

Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6048.
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 Complete Score
#39518 - 3.88MB, 51 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1289×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2009/9/17)

Arranger Composer
Editor Willi Thern (1847-1911)
Louis Thern (1848-1920)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.(ca.1905). Plate U.E. 880.
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For Piano (Tscherlitzky)

 Complete Score
#173176 - 2.47MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1445×⇩ - Timtin

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Timtin (2012/1/23)

Arranger Ivan Karlovič Čerlickij (1799-1865) as "Tscherlitzky"
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1861]. Plate 10211.
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Misc. Notes VIAF prefers Čerlickij, which we tend to use as a reference for uniformity.
The cover shows the dedication to Eduard Ritz.
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Scherzo (No.3)

For 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons and 2 Horns (Clements)

 Complete Score
#644738 - 0.43MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 305×⇩ - PatrickC

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 Complete Parts
#644739 - 0.42MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 198×⇩ - PatrickC

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Arranger Patrick Clements (b. 1943)
Publisher. Info. Patrick Clements, 2000.
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For Flute or Violin, Violin, Cello and Piano (Shuttleworth)

 Complete Score and Parts (monochrome)
#813611 - 3.93MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 32×⇩ - Fryderyka

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Fryderyka (2022/10/1)

Arranger Edward Shuttleworth
Publisher. Info. London: Ewer, n.d.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes From the Drs. Whitby Music Collection at the University of Western Ontario.
Instrumentation: not v va vc, but fl/v, v, vc.
V1 part has following typos: p4 (second page), 3 lines from end, bar 2 should be B♮; p6, line 4 bar 3 last note should be F; p7, 2 lines from end, last bar, note 5 should be D; p11 line 2 bar 1 note 3 should be D.
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For Piano

 Complete Score
#82422 - 0.46MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 989×⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2010/10/21)

Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Bartholf Senff, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate 1559.
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General Information

Work Title String Octet
Alternative. Title Ottetto
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.20 ; MWV R 20
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 155
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro moderato con fuoco (318 bars)
  2. Andante (C minor, 102 bars)
  3. Scherzo. Allegro leggierissimo (G minor, 241 bars)
  4. Presto (E-flat major, 429 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1825 (October 15)*
First Performance. 1836-01-30 in Leipzig, Gewandhaus*
First Publication. 1833 - Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel
Dedication Eduard Ritz (1802-1832)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 32 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
External Links Wikipedia article
All Music Guide
Extra Information *The private premiere might have taken place on day after the dedication (October 16, 1825) since Eduard Ritz's 23rd birthday was October 17 and concerts were regularly given at the Mendelssohn house on Sundays. If not October 16 it would have been performed later in the Autumn of 1825. The public premiere could have taken place on March 17, 1832. Ritz, who owned the manuscript and copied the manuscript parts, died only a few weeks before (January 23). This might have prompted a memorial concert in which the work was premiered. The 1836 date is the first confirmed public performance after publication.

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