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

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
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; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players

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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 - 3783×⇩ - Daphnis

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 Complete score
#52115 - 3.51MB, 69 (68 music) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1646×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/1/7)

Publisher. Info. Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1904. Plate D. & F. 6462.
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Parts

 Complete parts
#30070 - 2.63MB, 69 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2489×⇩ - 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 - 230×⇩ - Morel

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Arranger A. Benfeld (1846-1908)
Publisher. Info. Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1900. Plate D. & F. 5708.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No. 1
Alternative. Title
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:
  1. Allegro (354 bars)
  2. Molto allegro quasi presto (440 bars)
  3. Molto adagio (84 bars)
  4. Allegro non troppo (183 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1899 April, Las Palmas (Canary Islands)
First Performance. 1899 May, in Buenos Aires (private?)
Composer and V. Cernicchiaro (violins), E. Gravenstein (viola), B. Niederberger (cello)

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, cello
External Links Wikipedia article (French)

Misc. Comments

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.

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