String Quartet No.2, Op.45 (Stanford, Charles Villiers)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements: Molto moderato - Più moto - Tempo 1 - Più moto - Tempo 1 Prestissimo Andante espressivo Allegro molto
Composition Year	1891, partially at Llandudno, North Wales
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

Sheet Music

Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, No.199, n.d. Plate E.E. 1299.
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Violin 1
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Violin 2
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Viola
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Cello
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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: E. Eulenburg, 1891. Plate E.E.1001.
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Complete Parts
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Editor	First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, 1891. Plate E.E. 1001.
Reprinted	London: Merton Music, No.4282, n.d.[1996-2010].
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Work Title	String Quartet No.2
Alternative. Title
Composer	Stanford, Charles Villiers
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.45
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	ICS 93
Key	A minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements: Molto moderato - Più moto - Tempo 1 - Più moto - Tempo 1 Prestissimo Andante espressivo Allegro molto
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1891, partially at Llandudno, North Wales
First Performance.	1894 February 13, Prince's Hall, CUMS Quartet
First Publication.	1891
Dedication	Richard Gompertz
Average DurationAvg. Duration	25 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 violins, viola, cello
External Links	Edition Silvertrust page Charles Villiers Stanford Man and Musician (Jeremy Dibble, Oxford University Press, 2002, page 232)

Gompertz led the CUMS quartet in the premiere of the quartet no.1 in G (in February 1892- it was commissioned to be premiered then.)