String Quartet No.23 in F major, K.590 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)

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Publisher. Info. Mozarts Werke, Serie XIV:
Quartette für Streichinstrumente, Bd.2, No.23
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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1882. Plate W.A.M. 590.
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Publisher. Info. Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, Serie VIII, Werkgruppe 20,
Abteilung 1: Streichquartette, Band 3 [NMA VIII/20] (pp.93-128)
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1961. Plate BA 4526.
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Publisher. Info. Quartette Band 1, No.10
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Arranger Hugo Ulrich (1827-1872)
Robert Wittmann (1804-18??)
Publisher. Info. Streich-Quartette für Pianoforte zu 4 Händen, Bd.3
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Arranger Paul Wagner (1842-1873)
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Andante (Allegretto) (No.3)

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See: Adagios et Andantes des Grands Maîtres by Adolf Grünwald Vol.4 No.5

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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.23
Alternative. Title Third Prussian Quartet
Name Translations Quatuor à cordes K. 590; String Quartet No. 23; Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 23; 弦楽四重奏曲第23番; Strykekvartett nr. 23 av Mozart; Quartetto K 590; Quartet de corda núm. 23; 23. Streichquartett
Name Aliases String Quartet in F Major, K. 590
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176406851; LCCN: no96048944; BNF: 139152990
Composer Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. K.590
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IWM 524
Key F major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Andante
  3. Menuetto. Allegretto
  4. Allegro
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1790
First Publication. 1797 ca.?
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
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NMA report (German)
Extra Information NMA report gives the impression that three early printings - one from Franz Hoffmeister (with all 3 Prussian quartets, parts, plate 135), one from Imbault (plate 476 - ca.1797?), one from N. Simrock (plate 16?) - were released close to each other (ca.1797?) (NMA editor doesn't explicitly write, as with some other discussions, Fruhdruck (Erstruck??) or something similar but the question is finessed entirely - then again, since the printings are relevant to the NMA only as sources, not in themselves, if the other sources are useful enough, sometimes first/early published editions are noted at most in passing anyway (there is a recent book (Haberkamp, Tutzing, 1986/91) devoted to the question of "First Publications" of Mozart works much more than the NMA critical reports are, to whom the question is not an end in itself.)

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