String Quintet, D.956 (Schubert, Franz)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1828 (September) ca.
Genre Categories Quintets; For 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos; Scores featuring the violin; [22 more...]Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 5 players; For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 5 players (arr); For 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (arr); Scores featuring the double bass (arr); For violin, cello, piano (arr); For 3 players (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 5 cellos (arr)

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Scores

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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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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Parts

⇒ 4 more: Violin 2 • Viola • Cello 1 • Cello 2

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Vienna: C. A. Spina, No.9101, n.d.[1853]. Plate D. & C. N° 9101.
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Misc. Notes This publication is the only primary source of the piece, although other copies exist.
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⇒ 5 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello 1 • Cello 2

Editor August Schulz (1837–1909)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d.[1876]. Plate 10178 A-E.
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Misc. Notes #283259: Original images: 300dpi, color jpg files approx. 2400 by 3050 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins., Rehearsal letters
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⇒ 4 more: Violin 2 • Viola • Cello 1 • Cello 2

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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⇒ 4 more: Violin 2 • Viola • Cello 1 • Cello 2

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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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello (Fujita)

 Viola 2
#901550 - 5.09MB, 16 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 129×⇩ - Katsushiro

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Arranger Katsushiro Fujita
Publisher. Info. Fujiculturesoft
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For 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass (Belcher)
Arranger Aleck Belcher (b. 1999)
Publisher. Info. Aleck Belcher, 2023.
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Misc. Notes Cello 2 transcribed for Double Bass.
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For Violin, Cello and Piano (Hermann)
Arranger Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.1420, n.d.(ca.1850). Plate 3649.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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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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For Piano 4 Hands (Hübschmann)
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)
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)
Arranger Hugo Ulrich (1827–1872)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1875). Plate 8074.
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Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project.
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For Piano (Stark)
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)

 Complete Score
#578940 - 0.05MB, 3 pp. -  10/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - !N/!N/!N - 610×⇩ - Stenov

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Arranger Michael Stenov
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Scherzo (No.3)

For 5 Cellos (Tobasi)

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Arranger Tobasi
Publisher. Info. Tobasi
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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; [4 more...]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; [5 more...]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
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