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Steve's Bedroom Band (String Quartet)
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Steve Jones
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Sheet Music
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⇒ 4 more: Violin II (color) • Viola (color) • Cello (color) • Complete Parts (black and white)
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First edition
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Breitkopf & Härtel's Kammermusik-Bibliothek Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, No.1627/1629, n.d.[1898]. Coissue?: Berlin: Musikverlag Richard Kaun, n.d.(1898?). Plate 231.
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#255627: Original images: 150dpi, color jpg files approx. 1500 by 1850 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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General Information
| Work Title
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String Quartet No.1
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| Alternative. Title
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Auf den Tod eines Helden
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| Composer
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Kaun, Hugo
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.40
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IHK 22
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| Key
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F major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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2 movements:
- Bewegt und mit Begeisterung.
- Sehr langsam (Auf den Tod eines Helden) - Leidenschaftlich bewegt - Ruhig - Ziemlich erregt
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| First Publication.
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1898 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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2 violins, viola, cello
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Navigation etc.
According to Cobbett/Altmann the hero of the second movement was Kaun's friend, Captain von Gossel of the SS Elbe, which was involved in a collision while crossing the North Sea at 5.30 am on January 31st 1895 and sank with the loss of more than 300 passengers and crew
Kaun-Verzeichnis gives the first publisher as Berlin : Rich. Rühle, 1898.