String Quartet No.2 (Hanssens, Charles-Louis)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements
Composition Year	1851?
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

Sheet Music

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Violin 1 (color)
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Viola (color)
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Cello (color)
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Editor	First edition (?)
Publisher. Info.	Brussels: H. Katto, n.d. Plate 2.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Original images: ca.300dpi, color jpg files approx. 3070 by 3840 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Katto is identified as the engraver but may not be the publisher. This could be a self-published edition. There was a publisher J.B. Katto at the time however if this is related?
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Work Title	String Quartet No.2
Alternative. Title	2e Quatuor pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle
Composer	Hanssens, Charles-Louis
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	ICH 5
Key	C minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements I. Allegro agitato non troppo vivace II. Adagio III. Allegretto IV. Prélude. Andante con moto — Allegro vivace — Andante con moto
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1851?
First Publication.	1852 ca.? - Katto and Schott
Dedication	à son ami F. E. Vander Elst
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 violins, viola, cello
External Links	Preface by Jan Dewilde, 2014 MPH edited score and parts