String Quintet, Op.28 (Ries, Franz)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements
First Publication	1878 – Kistner
Genre Categories	Quintets; For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 5 players

Sheet Music

Complete score [B]
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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Fr. Kistner, n.d.[1878]. Plate 5069.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete Parts
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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Fr. Kistner, n.d.[1878]. Plate 5070.
Reprinted	London: Merton Music, No.5050, n.d.[1996-2010].
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Work Title	String Quintet
Alternative. Title
Composer	Ries, Franz
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.28
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IFR 8
Key	C minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements I. Allegro poco agitato ( = 108) II. Intermezzo. Vivace ( = 120) III. Andante con variazioni ( = 52) IV. Finale. Allegro assai ( = 152) — Andante — Presto
First Publication.	1878 – Kistner
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 violins, 2 violas, cello

Piano (4-hands) arrangement by Friedrich Hermann published by Kistner in 1879 (Monatsbericht (1879), p.175).

All 4 movements, unusually, in C minor (though the Andante ends in C major.)