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

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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 Complete Chamber Music for Strings (pp.49-84)
New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
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Publisher. Info. Paris: Richault, n.d.[1833]. Plate 3100.R.
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Editor Ferdinand David (1810-1873), markings
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d. Plate 3045.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6004a-d.
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Work Title String Quintet No.1
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Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.18
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. 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
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Extra Information First publication
Simrock - Hofmeister's 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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