6 String Quartets, WK 61-66 (Op.8) (Abel, Carl Friedrich)

		Movements/Sections 6 quartets of 3 movements each Composition Year 1768 Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; Scores featuring string ensemble; For 4 players

Scores

• Full Scores (2)
• Parts (6)

Full Scores

Nos.1-3

 Complete Score
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KGill (17 July 2010)

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London: Merton Music, No.4906, 2008.

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This file is part of the Merton Music Project.
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Nos.4-6

 Complete Score
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John Harding

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London: Merton Music, No.4907, 2009.

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This file is part of the Merton Music Project.
The pages have been arranged 2-up in imposition (booklet) order. Print landscape on A4 paper (297 x 210mm) in duplex fashion (even pages on back of odd). Last page is for cover. On other paper sizes center text with printer control options. Fold and staple to form booklet. If you lack a suitable printer this item can be mail-ordered directly from Ourtext by CLICKING HERE.

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Parts

Complete Work (6 Quartets)

 Complete Parts
*#17434 - 4.56MB, 55 pages -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 442x⇩

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First edition

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London: for the author and sold by Robert Bremner, n.d.(ca.1768?).

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 Violin 1
*#116835 - 0.86MB, 14 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 98x⇩

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 Violin 2
*#116836 - 0.91MB, 10 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 53x⇩

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 Viola
*#116837 - 0.68MB, 8 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 52x⇩

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 Cello
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Fynnjamin (1 September 2011)

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London: for the author and sold by Robert Bremner, n.d.

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Nos.1-3

 Complete Parts
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KGill (17 July 2010)

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John Harding

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London: Merton Music, No.4905, 2009.

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag all]

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This file is part of the Merton Music Project.
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General Information

Work Title	6 String Quartets
Alternative Title	Six quartettos for two violins, a tenor and violoncello obligati

Composer	Abel, Carl Friedrich
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.8; WK 61-66
Movements/Sections	6 quartets of 3 movements each
Year/Date of Composition	1768
First Publication	1769?
Dedication	'Humbly dedicated to His Majesty'
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	2 Violins, viola, cello

Misc. Comments

Advertised in The Gazeta of Madrid for sale in 1 October 1776, so published by 1776 or earlier.

No.5 (WK 65) recorded by the Salomon Quartet on the 1995 CD "Quartet in 18th-century England" for Hyperion. Set published 1769? according to back cover of the Hyperion CD.