String Quartet No.5, Op.44 No.3 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1838
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; [12 more...]Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 pianos (arr)

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Scores

Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 6
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1875. Plate M.B. 26.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
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Parts

Editor Joseph Joachim (1831–1907)
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Kammermusik für Streich-Instrumente.
Berlin: N. Simrock, 1876. Plate 7478.
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Misc. Notes Original images: 240dpi, color jpg files approx. 2400 by 2950 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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Publisher. Info. Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche, und Violoncell, Opp.12, 13, 44, 80, 81
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6003.
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Publisher. Info. Paris: Schlesinger?, n.d. Plate 6024.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Litolff ed.
See: String Quartets by Mendelssohn

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands (Brissler)
Arranger Friedrich Brissler (1818-1893)
Publisher. Info. Quartette für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1876]. Plate V.A. 178.
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For Piano 4 hands
Publisher. Info. Leipzig : C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6046.
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For Piano solo (Čerlickij)
Editor Ivan Karlovič Čerlickij (1799–1865), as Jean Tscherlitzky
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1861). Plate 10226.
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III. Adagio non troppo

For Organ (Best)
Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.2 (pp.423-28)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)
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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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.5
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Quatuors op. 44 de Mendelssohn; String Quartet No. 5; 弦楽四重奏曲第5番; Quarteto de cordas n.º 5; Streichquartett Nr. 5; Cuartetos de cuerda op. 44 de Mendelssohn
Name Aliases Quatuor op. 44 de Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Quatuors op. 44 de mendelssohn bartholdy; Quatuor op. 44 de mendelssohn bartholdy; Quatuor Op. 44 De Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Quatuors Op. 44 De Mendelssohn Bartholdy; [8 more...]Quatuors op. 44 de Mendelssohn Bartholdy; String Quartet No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 44, No. 3; String Quartet, Op. 44; String Quartet in E-flat major; Streichquartett in Es-Dur; Streichquartett Es-Dur; Streichquartett op. 44; 5. Streichquartett
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 174395023; BNF: 13916155b
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.44 No.3
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFM 160
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
I. Allegro vivace (369 bars)
II. Scherzo. Assai leggiero vivace (301 bars)
III. Adagio non troppo (131 bars)
IV. Molto allegro con fuoco (323 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1838
First Performance. 1838-04-03 in Leipzig
First Publication. 1839 – Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
Dedication Crown Prince of Sweden (Oscar I (1799–1859))
Average DurationAvg. Duration 30-35 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
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