String Quintet in C major, Op.29 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

		Movements/Sections 4 movements I. Allegro II. Andante (F major) III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace IV. Presto Composition Year 1801 Genre Categories Quintets; For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 5 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players; For piano (arr); For 1 player

Performances

• Recordings (1)

Recordings

 Complete Performance
*#73849 - 30.74MB - 33:34 -  5.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - - !N/!N/!N - 1602x⇩

MP3 file (audio)
Carolus (2010/8/4)

Performer Pages:

Musicians from Marlboro (ensemble)

Publisher Info.:

Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag/del]

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Sheet Music

• Scores (1)
• Parts (6)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Scores

 Complete Score
*#19830 - 2.39MB, 30 pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 3667x⇩

PDF scanned by gtartini
gtartini (2008/7/28)

Publisher Info.:

Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 5.
Kammermusik für fünf und mehrere Instrumente, Nr.34
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1862-90. Plate B.34.

Reprinted:

New York: Lea Pocket Scores, n.d. Plate L.P.S. 154.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Parts

 Complete Parts
*#51041 - 5.12MB, 46 pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 823x⇩

PDF scanned by Beethoven-Haus Bonn
Ivdruiz (2009/12/28)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(1802). Plate 94.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Violin 1
*#17197 - 0.66MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1480x⇩

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Peter (2008/6/3)

 Violin 2
*#17198 - 0.55MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 758x⇩

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Peter (2008/6/3)

 Viola 1
*#17199 - 0.56MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 914x⇩

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Peter (2008/6/3)

 Viola 2
*#17200 - 0.46MB, 6 pp. -  3.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 814x⇩

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Peter (2008/6/3)

 Violoncello
*#17201 - 0.51MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 898x⇩

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Peter (2008/6/3)

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Braunschweig: H. Litolff, n.d. Plates 2742 A-E.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands

 Complete score
*#270868 - 5.00MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 25x⇩

PDF scanned by Sibley Library
Morel (2013/2/23)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 5395a.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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For Piano solo (Winkler)

 Complete Score
*#29707 - 1.94MB, 28 pp. -  5.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 333x⇩

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Caprotti (2009/3/20)

Arranger:

Louis Winkler (1820-1886)

Publisher Info.:

Braunschweig: Litolff, n.d. Plate 1586.

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General Information

Work Title	String Quintet No.2, Op.29
Alternative Title

Composer	Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.29
Key	C major
Movements/Sections	4 movements I. Allegro II. Andante (F major) III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace IV. Presto
Year/Date of Composition	1801
First Publication	1802, Breitkopf & Härtel (Leipzig)
Dedication	Count Fries
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	2 violins, 2 violas, 1 cello

Misc. Comments

Count Fries also figures indirectly but interestingly in the biography of Giovanni Casti, a poet whose work may have influenced, according to Alfred Einstein, Mozart's groundbreaking operas - see Mozart: His Character, His Work, pp.425–426.