String Quartet No.3, Op.44 No.1 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

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Performer Pages United States Marine Band (string quartet)
Publisher Info. Washington, DC: United States Marine Band, 2019.
Performers GySgt Erika Sato and GySgt Sheng-Tsung Wang (violins); MSgt Christopher Shieh (viola); SSgt Charlaine Prescott (cello)
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Misc. Notes Performed on Jan. 20, 2019 at the John Philip Sousa Band Hall, Marine Barracks Annex, Washington, D,C. Listen on Youtube.
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William (2007/7/29)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 6
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1875. Plate M.B. 24.
Reprinted Complete Chamber Music for Strings (pp.158-83)
New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
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Cypressdome (2013/10/19)

Editor Joseph Joachim (1831-1907)
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Kammermusik für Streich-Instrumente.
Berlin: N. Simrock, 1876. Plate 7476.
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Publisher. Info. 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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For Piano 4 hands (Brissler)

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Morel (2010/4/21)

Arranger Friedrich Brissler (1818-1893)
Publisher. Info. Quartette für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1876]. Plate V.A. 178.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6046.
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For Organ (Cooper)

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Rob Peters (2012/10/27)

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Arranger George Cooper Jr. (1820-1876)
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer and Co., n.d.
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For Piano (Čerlickij)

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Caprotti (2012/12/3)

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Jcbernstein (2020/3/5)

Editor Ivan Karlovič Čerlickij (1799-1865) (given as Jean Tscherlitzky)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1871). Plate 10224.
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/4/30)

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Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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  • El Cuarteto Petrus (Pablo Saraví, Hernán Briatico, Silvina Álvarez, Gloria Pankaeva), Buenos Aires, 13 September 2010.
I. Molto allegro vivace
II. Menuetto
III. Andante espressivo ma con moto
IV. Presto con brio
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.3
Alternative. Title
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.44 No.1
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 158
Key D major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
I. Molto allegro vivace (375 bars)
II. Menuetto. Un poco Allegretto (230 bars)
III. Andante espressivo ma con moto (155 bars)
IV. Presto con brio (316 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1838
First Performance. 1839-02-16 in Leipzig
First Publication. 1839 – Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
Dedication Crown Prince of Sweden
Average DurationAvg. Duration 31 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
Discography MusicBrainz
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