String Quartet No.1, Op.112 (Saint-Saëns, Camille)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements: Allegro (354 bars) Molto allegro quasi presto (440 bars) Molto adagio (84 bars) Allegro non troppo (183 bars)
Composition Year	1899 April, Las Palmas (Canary Islands)
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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

Performances

Naxos

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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete score
*#27204 - 4.41MB, 68 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3988×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2009/1/24)

Complete score
*#52115 - 3.51MB, 69 (68 music) pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1782×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/1/7)

Publisher. Info.	Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1904. Plate D. & F. 6462.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Parts

Complete parts
*#30070 - 2.63MB, 69 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2651×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2009/4/1)

Publisher. Info.	Paris: Durand, 1899. Plate D. & F. 5618.
Reprinted	Boca Raton: Masters Music, n.d. Catalog M 3549.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands (Benfeld)

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*#56639 - 3.31MB, 71 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/V/C - 252×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/2/20)

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Arranger	A. Benfeld
Publisher. Info.	Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1900. Plate D. & F. 5708
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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General Information

Work Title	String Quartet No. 1
Alternative. Title
Name Translations	Quatuor à cordes nº 1; 1. Streichquartett; 弦楽四重奏曲第1番 (サン＝サーンス)
Authorities	WorldCat; VIAF: 293985196; BNF: 13918526b
Composer	Saint-Saëns, Camille
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.112
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	ICS 224
Key	E minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements: Allegro (354 bars) Molto allegro quasi presto (440 bars) Molto adagio (84 bars) Allegro non troppo (183 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1899 April, Las Palmas (Canary Islands)
First Performance.	1899 May, Buenos Aires Saint-Saëns and V. Cernicchiaro (violins), E. Gravenstein (viola), B. Niederberger (cello) (private?) 1899 September in Paris, Salle Pleyel Ysaÿe Quartet (public, preceded by private audition for composer)
First Publication.	1899
Dedication	Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 Violins, Viola and Cello

Navigation etc.

There is a section on this quartet in Sabrina Teller Ratner's book Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921: The instrumental works (Oxford University Press, 2002) (pp.209–213) from which the premiere, bar, and other information was obtained.