String Quartet No.4, Op.44 No.2 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1837
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); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For 2 pianos (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#85758 - 23.67MB - 25:51 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4686×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

MP3 file (audio)
Carolus (2010/11/24)

Performer Pages Belcea Quartet (string quartet)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#10974 - 1.54MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11337×⇩ - William

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William (2007/7/29)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 6
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1875. Plate M.B. 25.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
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 Complete Score
#183906 - 2.41MB, 52 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2546×⇩ - Aldona Jones

PDF scanned by US-R
Aldona Jones (2012/3/5)

Publisher. Info. Vienna: Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag, n.d. Plate W.Ph.V. 349
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Parts

 Complete Parts
#299922 - 5.44MB, 53 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 586×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2013/10/19)

Editor Joseph Joachim (1831–1907)
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Mendelssohn's Werke, Kammermusik für Streich-Instrumente.
Berlin: N. Simrock, 1876. Plate 7477.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Original images: 240dpi, color jpg files approx. 2400 by 2950 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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 Violin 1
#18770 - 11.26MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7682×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

 Violin 2
#18771 - 9.83MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4231×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

 Viola
#18772 - 9.16MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4460×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

 Cello
#18773 - 7.51MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4491×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

Publisher. Info. Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche, und Violoncell, Opp.12, 13, 44, 80, 81
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6003.
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 Viola
#389707 - 12.59MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 107×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2015/8/15)

 Cello
#389708 - 12.94MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 107×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2015/8/15)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
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Litolff ed.
See: String Quartets by Mendelssohn

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 Hands (Brissler)

 Complete Score
#62251 - 4.53MB, 46 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 316×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/4/21)

Arranger Friedrich Brissler (1818-1893)
Publisher. Info. Quartette für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1876]. Plate V.A. 178.
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For Piano 4 Hands

 Complete Score
#161342 - 6.14MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 185×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2011/12/6)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig : C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6046.
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For Piano (Čerlickij)

 Complete Score
#260910 - 59.28MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 379×⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2012/12/3)

Editor Ivan Karlovič Čerlickij (1799–1865), as Jean Tscherlitzky
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1861). Plate 10225.
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Misc. Notes high def.colour scan
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#852465 - 0.38MB, 39 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 38×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/4/30)

 Piano 2
#852466 - 0.35MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 38×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/4/30)

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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Braille Scores

 Complete Score
#898985 - 0.07MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 43×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2024/2/9)

Editor Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
Publisher. Info. Hu Haipeng, 2024.
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Misc. Notes Braille score in bar-over-bar format, 40 cells per line, not paginated (optimized for refreshable braille displays).
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.4
Alternative. Title
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.44 No.2
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 159
Key E minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro assai appassionato (282 bars)
  2. Scherzo. Allegro di molto (E major) (244 bars)
  3. Andante (G major) (83 bars)
  4. Presto agitato (515 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1837
First Performance. 1837-11-19 in Leipzig
First Publication. 1839 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel
Dedication Crown Prince of Sweden (Oscar I (1799–1859))
Average DurationAvg. Duration 26 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
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