String Quartet No.2, Op.26, BV 225 (Busoni, Ferruccio)

		Movements/Sections 4 movements: Allegro energico Andante con moto Vivace assai Andantino—Allegro con brio Composition Year June 1887 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

• Full Scores (5)
• Parts (4)

Full Scores

 Complete Score
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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Part.-Bibl.1211, n.d.[1889]. Plate 18014

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 I. Allegro energico
*#39936 - 9.88MB, 13 (#1–12) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 366x⇩

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 II. Andante con moto
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 III. Vivace assai
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 IV. Andantino—Allegro con brio
*#39939 - 7.20MB, 9 (#24–32) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 160x⇩

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Part.-Bibl.1211, n.d.(1889). Plate 18014

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Parts

 Violin 1
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 Violin 2
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 Viola
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 Violoncello
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Breitkopf & Härtel's Kammermusik-Bibliothek, Nos.308/310
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.[1889]. Plate 18014

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General Information

Work Title	String Quartet No.2, Op.26, BV 225
Alternative Title

Composer	Busoni, Ferruccio
Opus/Catalogue Number	BV 225
Key	D minor
Movements/Sections	4 movements: Allegro energico Andante con moto Vivace assai Andantino—Allegro con brio
Year/Date of Composition	June 1887
First Performance	28 January 1888 in Leipzig, Gewandhaus (Petri Quartet)
First Publication	1889
Dedication	"Seinem lieben Freunde Herrn Hofconcertmeister Henri Petri zugeeignet" (Dedicated to his dear friend Court Concertmaster Henri Petri)
Average Duration	30 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 Violins, Viola, Cello

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Recordings

• The Austrian String Quartet (Pantheon, D14090; recorded 1971-1972)
• The Busoni String Quartet (Centaur, CRC 2268; recorded 15-16 April 1995, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., U.S.)
• Pellegrini-Quartett (cpo, 999 264-2; recorded 27-30 September 1994, Funkhaus Nalepastraße, Berlin)
• Quartetto Webern (Tactus, TC 86021; recorded 29-31 August 2000, Duomo Vecchio, Monselice, Padua, Italy)