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

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1826-32
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 (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For 2 pianos (arr)

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Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#10977 - 9.00MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6711×⇩ - William

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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
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Parts

 Violin 1
#637331 - 0.39MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 161×⇩ - Alaric

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

 Violin 2
#637332 - 0.32MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 81×⇩ - Alaric

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 Viola 1
#637333 - 0.34MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 86×⇩ - Alaric

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 Viola 2
#637334 - 0.34MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 79×⇩ - Alaric

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 Cello
#637335 - 0.29MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 91×⇩ - Alaric

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Paris: Richault, n.d.[1833]. Plate 3100.R.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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 Complete Parts
#884053 - 17.41MB, 58 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 60×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Editor Ferdinand David (1810–1873), markings
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d. Plate 3045.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes color, 1st violin part fully marked with bowings and fingerings by F David (1810-73)
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 Violin 1
#75732 - 2.24MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3821×⇩ - Kristerp

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

 Violin 2
#75733 - 1.72MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1900×⇩ - Kristerp

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 Viola 1
#75734 - 0.78MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2189×⇩ - Kristerp

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 Viola 2
#75735 - 1.48MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2159×⇩ - Kristerp

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 Cello
#75736 - 2.31MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2400×⇩ - Kristerp

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6004a-d.
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Misc. Notes Low quality
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands

 Complete Score
#78153 - 2.94MB, 41 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 320×⇩ - Morel

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Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6047.
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#852516 - 0.46MB, 44 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 52×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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 Piano 2
#852517 - 0.40MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 49×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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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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General Information

Work Title String Quintet No.1
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Quintette pour cordes nº 1 de Mendelssohn; String Quintet No. 1; 弦楽五重奏曲第1番 (メンデルスゾーン)
Name Aliases Quintette à cordes n° 1 de Mendelssohn
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 208684106; GND: 300102585
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:
  1. Allegro con moto (437 bars)
  2. Intermezzo. Andante sostenuto (135 bars)
  3. Scherzo. Allegro di molto (303 bars)
  4. 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
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).

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

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