String Quartet No.1 (Borodin, Aleksandr)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1874-79
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; [3 more...]Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players
Related Works Elements of Movements 1, 2 and 4 are based on the Finale of Beethoven's String Quartet No.13.

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 1. Moderato - Allegro
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 2. Andante con moto
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 3. Scherzo. Prestissimo - abridged
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 4. Andante - Allegro risoluto
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Performer Pages Czech National Symphony Orchestra (string quartet)
Publisher Info. Palo Alto: Musopen, 2012.
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Scores

Editor First edition
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: D. Rahter, n.d.[1884]. Plate 2497.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Probably a Büttner reissue. ("The principal publisher of these titles was A. Büttner of St. Petersburg, whose plate number was used. Rahter was the German co-publisher.")
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1894. Plate 1001.
Reprinted Tchaikovsky & Borodin - Complete String Quartets (pp.141-86)
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1994.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Belaieff issued a study score (re-engraved) in 1894. They issued a large score and parts in 1890 (plates 216, 217)
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Parts

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, n.d.[1890]. Plate 217.
Reprinted Moscow: Muzgiz, 1931. Plate Moscow.
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 Violin 1
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 Cello
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, n.d.[1890]. Plate 217.
Reprinted Frankfurt: Belaieff, n.d.(after 1950). Ed.224.
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⇒ 4 more: Violin 2 • Viola • Cello • Cover

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, n.d.[1890]. Plate 217.
Reprinted New York: International Music Company, n.d. Plate 1534.
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Braille Scores

 Complete Score
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Editor Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.1
Alternative. Title On a Theme of Beethoven
Name Translations 弦楽四重奏曲第1番 (ボロディン); 1. Streichquartett; String Quartet No. 1; Quartetto per archi n. 1
Name Aliases Streichquartett Nr. 1
Composer Borodin, Aleksandr
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IAB 13
Key A major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Moderato ( = 84) - Allegro ( = 160. A major)
  2. Andante con moto ( = 72. F-sharp minor) - Fugato (Un poco più mosso) - Più vivo - A tempo
  3. Scherzo. Prestissimo (F major.  = 144) - Trio. Moderato ( = 92. A major)
  4. Andante ( = 58) - Allegro risoluto ( = 112. A minor)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1874-79
First Publication. 1884
Dedication Dedicated to Mme. Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1848-1919)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 35-45 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
Related Works Elements of Movements 1, 2 and 4 are based on the Finale of Beethoven's String Quartet No.13.
Discography All Music Guide
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