String Quintet No.1, Op.18 (Mendelssohn, Felix) - IMSLP

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements
Composition Year	1826-32
Genre Categories	Quintets; For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello; Scores featuring the violin; [8 more...]Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 5 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For 2 pianos (arr)

Contents

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1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
3 General Information
4 Navigation etc.

Performances

Naxos

Sheet Music

Scores

Complete Score
*#10977 - 9.00MB, 36 pp. - 5.4666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (15) - V/V/V - 6614×⇩ - William

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William (2007/7/29)

Editor	Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info.	Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 5 Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874. Plate M.B. 20.
Reprinted	New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Purchase	Printed copy of this file (UK & EU)

Parts

Violin 1
*#637331 - 0.39MB, 13 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 136×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2020/7/20)

⇒ 4 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello

Violin 2
*#637332 - 0.32MB, 11 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 68×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2020/7/20)

Viola 1
*#637333 - 0.34MB, 11 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 75×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2020/7/20)

Viola 2
*#637334 - 0.34MB, 11 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 64×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2020/7/20)

Cello
*#637335 - 0.29MB, 11 pp. - 2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 74×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2020/7/20)

Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Paris: Richault, n.d.[1833]. Plate 3100.R.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
Purchase	Printed copy of this file (UK & EU)

Complete Parts
*#884053 - 17.41MB, 58 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 41×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2023/11/15)

Editor	Ferdinand David (1810–1873), markings
Publisher. Info.	Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d. Plate 3045.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	color, 1st violin part fully marked with bowings and fingerings by F David (1810-73)
Purchase	Printed copy of this file (UK & EU)

Violin 1
*#75732 - 2.24MB, 12 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 3793×⇩ - Kristerp

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Kristerp (2010/8/20)

⇒ 4 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello

Violin 2
*#75733 - 1.72MB, 10 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1881×⇩ - Kristerp

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Kristerp (2010/8/20)

Viola 1
*#75734 - 0.78MB, 10 pp. - 6.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (10) - V/V/V - 2166×⇩ - Kristerp

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Kristerp (2010/8/20)

Viola 2
*#75735 - 1.48MB, 10 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 2140×⇩ - Kristerp

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Kristerp (2010/8/20)

Cello
*#75736 - 2.31MB, 10 pp. - 6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 2369×⇩ - Kristerp

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Kristerp (2010/8/20)

Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6004a-d.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Low quality
Purchase	Printed copy of this file (UK & EU)

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands

Complete Score
*#78153 - 2.94MB, 41 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 317×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/9/9)

Arranger	Unknown
Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6047.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
Purchase	Printed copy of this file (UK & EU)

For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

Piano 1
*#852516 - 0.46MB, 44 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 46×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/4/30)

Piano 2
*#852517 - 0.40MB, 40 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 43×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

PDF typeset by arranger
Gaylon Babcock (2023/4/30)

Arranger	Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info.	Gaylon Babcock
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	each part designed to be printed front and back
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General Information

Work Title	String Quintet No.1
Alternative. Title
Composer	Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.18
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IFM 162
Key	A major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements: Allegro con moto (437 bars) Intermezzo. Andante sostenuto (135 bars) Scherzo. Allegro di molto (303 bars) Allegro vivace (354 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1826-32
First Publication.	1833 – Bonn: N. Simrock / Paris: Richault
Average DurationAvg. Duration	30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 violins, 2 violas, cello
External Links	Wikipedia article All Music Guide
Extra Information	First publication [more...] Simrock - Monatsbericht (1833), p.34 Richault - Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France (22th Year, No.52, 28 December 1833, r.172, p.824).

Navigation etc.

2nd movt was written as a memorial to his techer Eduard Ritz (1802-32)

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Quartets

[show]4 Pieces for String Quartet, Op.81
Thema con Variazioni Scherzo Capriccio Fugue

Quintets

String Quintet No.1 in A major, Op.18
String Quintet No.2 in B-flat major, Op.87

Octet

String Octet, Op.20

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