4 Pieces for String Quartet, Op.81 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 pieces
  1. Tema con Variazioni. Andante Sostenuto (E major)
  2. Scherzo. Allegro leggiero (A minor)
  3. Capriccio. Andante con moto (E minor)
  4. Fuga. A tempo ordinario. (E♭ major)
Composition Year 1843-47
Genre Categories Pieces; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players; For piano (arr); For 1 player; For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ

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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#10979 - 4.73MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7849x⇩ - William

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William (2007/7/29)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 6 (pp.264-83)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1875. Plate M.B. 28.
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications, 1978
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 Complete score
#281437 - 1.79MB, 30 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 967x⇩ - Sconosciuto

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Sconosciuto (2013/5/18)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Eulenburg, n.d. Plate E.E. 1202.
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Parts

 Violin 1
#18780 - 7.60MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4811x⇩ - William

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 Violin 2
#18781 - 7.75MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2402x⇩ - William

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 Viola
#18782 - 6.86MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2564x⇩ - William

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 Cello
#18783 - 5.71MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2667x⇩ - William

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Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Kompositionen.
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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 Violin 1
#389705 - 13.01MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 33x⇩ - Carolus

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus et Cie., n.d.[1850]. Plate B. & Cie. 5088.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands (Brissler)

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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 Solo (Stark)

 Capriccio
#40690 - 0.53MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 372x⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2009/10/6)

 Variationen und Scherzo
#40721 - 0.75MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 254x⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2009/10/6)

Arranger Ludwig Stark (1831-1884)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf, n.d. Plate V.A. 491
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For Organ (Cooper)

 1. Andante sostenuto
#256195 - 0.70MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 191x⇩ - Rob Peters

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 Color Cover
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Arranger George Cooper Jr. (1820-1876)
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer and Co., n.d., n.p.
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General Information

Work Title 4 Pieces for String Quartet, Op.81
Alternative. Title
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.81
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 pieces
  1. Tema con Variazioni. Andante Sostenuto (E major)
  2. Scherzo. Allegro leggiero (A minor)
  3. Capriccio. Andante con moto (E minor)
  4. Fuga. A tempo ordinario. (E♭ major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1843-47
First Publication. 1850
Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 
Premiere série, 39e année, 53e de la collection, Nº 38,
21 Septembre 1850, page 492, registration 232.
Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1850), p.38
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello

Misc. Comments

Mendelssohn Chamber Music for Strings
Quartets
Quintets
Octet
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