String Quartet No.1, Op.2 (Hindemith, Paul)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements I. Sehr Lebhaft ( ‧ = 66-72) II. Adagio: Im Anfang (♩= 40) dann allmählich schneller werden III. Scherzo: Sehr lebhaft (♩‧ = 66-72) IV. Ziemlich lebhaft
Composition Year	1914-15 (completed score 1915 March/April)
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

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Work Title	String Quartet No.1
Alternative. Title	1. Streichquartett in C-Dur String Quartet in C Major
Composer	Hindemith, Paul
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.2
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IPH 139
Key	C major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements I. Sehr Lebhaft ( ‧ = 66-72) II. Adagio: Im Anfang (♩= 40) dann allmählich schneller werden III. Scherzo: Sehr lebhaft (♩‧ = 66-72) IV. Ziemlich lebhaft
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1914-15 (completed score 1915 March/April)
First Performance.	1915-04-26 at the Dr. Hoch’s Conservatorium, Frankfurt am Main Paul Hindemith (violin I), Hermann Kraus (violin II), Hermann Gebler (viola), Rudolf Hindemith (cello)
First Publication.	1994 – Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne
Average DurationAvg. Duration	38 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Modern
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	2 violins, viola, cello
External Links	Hindemith Foundation

Hindemith wrote seven string quartets; Schott published all except for Op.2 (String Quartet No.1, here). The traditional numbering, with Op.10 (String Quartet No. 2) as the first quartet, is Schott's; throughout his lifetime and with a high degree of consistency, Hindemith numbered the Op.2 quartet as his first (here), and the remaining six quartets as Nos.2-7. The Op.22 quartet is even identified as No.4 on the program of its premiere performance. Since the early 1990s, all Schott printings of the quartets make use of Hindemith's own numbering.

-Paul Hindemith: A Research and Information Guide