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

		Movements/Sections 4 pieces Tema con Variazioni. Andante Sostenuto (E major) Scherzo. Allegro leggiero (A minor) Capriccio. Andante con moto (E minor) 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

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (2)
• Parts (4)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (5)

Full Scores

 Complete Score
*#10979 - 4.73MB, 20 pp. -  6.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (8) - V/V/V - 5380x⇩

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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.

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Mineola: Dover Publications, 1978

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 Complete score
*#281437 - 1.79MB, 30 pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 488x⇩

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Sconosciuto (2013/5/18)

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Leipzig: Eulenburg, n.d. Plate E.E. 1202.

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Parts

 Violin 1
*#18780 - 7.60MB, 8 pp. -  6.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 3196x⇩

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 Violin 2
*#18781 - 7.75MB, 9 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 1618x⇩

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 Viola
*#18782 - 6.86MB, 8 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 1666x⇩

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 Cello
*#18783 - 5.71MB, 6 pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 1758x⇩

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William (2008/7/13)

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Julius Rietz (1812-1877)

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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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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands (Brissler)

 Complete score
*#62256 - 3.53MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 245x⇩

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Morel (2010/4/21)

Arranger:

Friedrich Brissler (1818-1893)

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(1876). Plate V.A. 178.

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For Piano Solo (Stark)

 Capriccio
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 Variationen und Scherzo
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Caprotti (2009/10/6)

Arranger:

Ludwig Stark (1831-1884)

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Leipzig: Breitkopf, n.d. Plate V.A. 491

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For Organ (Cooper)

 1. Andante sostenuto
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 Color Cover
*#256196 - 0.37MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 35x⇩

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Arranger:

George Cooper (1820-1876)

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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 Number	Op.81
Movements/Sections	4 pieces Tema con Variazioni. Andante Sostenuto (E major) Scherzo. Allegro leggiero (A minor) Capriccio. Andante con moto (E minor) Fuga. A tempo ordinario. (E♭ major)
Year/Date of Composition	1843-47
First Publication	1850?
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 violins, viola, cello

Misc. Comments

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.