String Quintet No.2, Op.87 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

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Performer Pages Musicians from Ravinia's Steans Music Institute (ensemble)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1845. (July 8).
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mendelssohn Aut. 40/6
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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 5
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874. Plate M.B. 21.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
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Editor First edition (English)
Publisher. Info. London: J.J. Ewer & Co., n.d.[1850]. Plate Mend: Op: 87.
Co-issue: Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1851].
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.350dpi, color jp2 files approx. 3210 by 4210 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. From the Drs. Whitby Music Collection at the University of Western Ontario.
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4 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6004a-d.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6004a.
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Misc. Notes Reformatted for better page turns: using this scan and a scan of the full part, turn at the bottom of the first page. Play the second page with the present scan, and the third page onward with the full part.
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4 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate 8322.
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Misc. Notes monochrome, no rehearsal letters, bar/measure numbers added to v1, va2, vc parts
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*Litollff ed.
See: String Quintets by Mendelssohn

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos (Babcock)
Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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Misc. Notes each part designed to be printed front and back
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For Piano 4 hands
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6047.
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For Piano (Čerlickij)
Arranger Ivan Karlovič Čerlickij (1799–1865) ("Tscherlitzky")
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1862). Plate 10258.
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Misc. Notes VIAF prefers Čerlickij, which we tend to use as a reference for uniformity.
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General Information

Work Title String Quintet No.2
Alternative. Title Quintett für 2 Violinen, 2 Violen und Violoncell
Name Translations Quintette pour cordes nº 2; String Quintet No. 2; 弦楽五重奏曲第2番 (メンデルスゾーン)
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Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.87 ; MWV R 33
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 163
Key B-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro vivace (372 bars)
  2. Andante scherzando (G minor, 103 bars)
  3. Adagio e lento (D minor, 102 bars) - attacca
  4. Allegro molto vivace (208 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1845 July 8*
First Publication. 1850 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel / London: Ewer*
Average DurationAvg. Duration 30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
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All Music Guide
This article contains a detailed analysis of the 1st and 3rd movts: Mendelssohn’s “Late Style”: Form, Texture, and Sonority in the Final Chamber Works by Benedict Taylor The Musical Quarterly, Volume 106, Issue 1-2, Spring-Summer 2023, Pages 76–122, https://doi.org/10.1093/musqtl/gdad004
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*Completed July 8 1845, Soden according to Todd, "Mendelssohn: A Life in Music" (p.496). Wehner's MWV catalog cites a letter from June 1845 mentioning rapid work on the piece. First publication by Breitkopf und Härtel noted in Monatsbericht (1851), p.23. Probably issued in late 1850 (per MWV catalog).

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