String Quintet, D.956 (Schubert, Franz)

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Carolus (2010/8/26)

Performer Pages Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (ensemble)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Vangi (2017/12/6)

Publisher Info. La Voce del Padrone ‎– QALP 10179, unknown.
Performers Quintetto Boccherini:
Arrigo Pelliccia, Guido Mozzato (violins)
Luigi Sagrati (viola)
Arturo Bonucci, Nerio Brunelli (cellos)
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Performer Pages Budapest String Quartet (Joseph Roisman, Alexander Schneider, Boris Kroyt, Misch Schneider)
Bernar Heifetz (cello)
Publisher Info. Columbia Masterworks, 1963. MS 6536.
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Performer Pages Isaac Stern (violin)
Alexander Schneider (violin)
Milton Katims (viola)
Pablo Casals (cello)
Paul Tortelier (cello)
Publisher Info. Columbia Masterworks, 1953. ML 4714 / SL-183.
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Performer Pages Budapest String Quartet (Joseph Roisman, Alexander Schneider, Boris Kroyt, Misch Schneider)
Bernar Heifetz (cello)
Publisher Info. Columbia Masterworks, 1951. ML 4437.
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Sheet Music

Scores

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Pnorcks (2023/11/27)

Editor Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857–1929)
Publisher. Info. Franz Schubert's Werke, Serie IV, No.[1]
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1890. Plate F.S. 22.
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Editor Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857–1929)
Publisher. Info. Franz Schubert's Werke, Serie IV, No.[1]
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1890. Plate F.S. 22.
Reprinted Complete Chamber Music for Strings (pp.1-44)
New York: Dover Publications, 1973.
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Generoso (2011/2/26)

Editor Wilhelm Altmann (1862–1951)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Eulenburg, No. 15, n.d.(ca.1925). Plate E.E. 1115.
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Misc. Notes Includes Altmann's preface.
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Fugalicious (2026/2/9)

Editor Martin Chusid (1925–2013)
Publisher. Info. Neue Schubert-Ausgabe, Serie VI: Kammermusik, Werkgruppe 2. Streichquintette, [NSA VI: Kammermusik/2. Streichquintette]
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1971. Plate BA 5508.
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Misc. Notes Monochrome. Related to BA 5612 (see Parts).
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Vienna: C. A. Spina, No. 9101, n.d.[1853]. Plate D. & C. N° 9101.
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Editor August Schulz (1837–1909)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No. 615, n.d.[1876]. Plates 10178 A-E.
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Editor Carl Herrmann (1810–1890)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No. 775, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate 8159.
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Misc. Notes The Peters edition (edited by Ferdinand David), published with the same plate number, is virtually identical to this edition: bowings and fingerings are the same. The only difference is that David recommends an occasional harmonic while Herrmann does not. Herrmann includes measure numbers.
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Editor Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857–1929)
Publisher. Info. Franz Schubert's Werke, Serie IV, No.[1]
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1890. Plate F.S. 22.
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Editor Martin Chusid (1925–2013)
Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1971. Plate BA 5612.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello (Fujita)

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Arranger Katsushiro Fujita
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For 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass (Belcher)

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Arranger Aleck Belcher (b. 1999)
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Misc. Notes Cello 2 transcribed for Double Bass.
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For Violin, Cello and Piano (Hermann)

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Peter (2009/11/7)

Arranger Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No. 1420, n.d.[1874]. Plate 5649.
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

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For Piano 4 Hands (Hübschmann)

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Arranger C. Hübschmann
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: F.E.C. Leuckart, n.d.[1868]. Plate F.E.C.L. 2079.
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For Piano 4 hands (Röse)

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Arranger August Röse (1821–1873)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Spina, n.d.(ca.1860). Plate C.S.17,128.
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For Piano 4 hands (Ulrich)

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Arranger Hugo Ulrich (1827–1872)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1875). Plate 8074.
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Arranger Hugo Ulrich (1827–1872)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1875). Plate 8074.
Reprinted Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d. Plate U.E. 805.
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For Piano (Stark)

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Peter (2008/12/4)

Arranger Ludwig Stark (1831–1884)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 5661.
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Adagio (No.2)

For Organ (Stenov)

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Scherzo (No.3)

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Misc. Notes Transposed from D major to C major
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General Information

Work Title String Quintet
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Streichquintett; Arĉkvinteto; 弦楽五重奏曲; Quintette en ut majeur de Schubert; Strijkkwintet; strin quintent; Quintetto per archi in do maggiore; Quintet de corda; 현악 오중주
Name Aliases Quintette en do majeur de Schubert; Quintette à cordes en do majeur; Quintette en ut majeur; Quintette a cordes en do majeur; Strijkkwintet in C-groot; Strijkkwintet (Schubert); String Quintet in C Major, D. 956; String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163; Quintetto d'archi in do maggiore D. 956; Quintetto d'archi in do maggiore op. 163
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 292655475; LCCN: n81028026; BNF: 13911273b
Composer Schubert, Franz
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. D.956 ; Op.163
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFS 725
Key C major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro ma non troppo (C major, 445 bars)
  2. Adagio (E major, 94 bars)
  3. Scherzo. Presto (C major, 212 bars) — Trio. Andante sostenuto (D major, 58 bars)
  4. Allegretto (C major, 429 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1828 (September) ca.
First Performance. 1850/11/17 in Vienna, Musikverein
The Josef Hellmesberger Quartet with Josef Stransky
First Publication. 1853 – Vienna: C.A. Spina, plate 9101 (engraved before 1851)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 55 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos
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List of Compositions Featuring the Cello