String Quintet No.2, Op.87 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1845 July 8*
Genre Categories Quintets; For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 5 players; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#105974 - 25.84MB - 28:13 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3112×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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Carolus (2011/6/18)

Performer Pages Musicians from Ravinia's Steans Music Institute (ensemble)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#782473 - 37.61MB, 47 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 108×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2022/5/18)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1845. (July 8).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mendelssohn Aut. 40/6
This file is part of the Submission Project.
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 Complete Score
#10978 - 7.24MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6942×⇩ - William

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William (2007/7/29)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 5
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874. Plate M.B. 21.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
Copyright
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Parts

 Complete Parts
#456240 - 6.52MB, 78 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 251×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2017/1/20)

Editor First edition (English)
Publisher. Info. London: J.J. Ewer & Co., n.d.[1850]. Plate Mend: Op: 87.
Co-issue: Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1851].
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.350dpi, color jp2 files approx. 3210 by 4210 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. From the Drs. Whitby Music Collection at the University of Western Ontario.
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 Violin 1
#75741 - 0.97MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4095×⇩ - KristerP

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KristerP (2010/8/20)

⇒ 4 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello

 Violin 2
#75742 - 3.22MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2419×⇩ - KristerP

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KristerP (2010/8/20)

 Viola 1
#75743 - 0.66MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2609×⇩ - KristerP

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KristerP (2010/8/20)

 Viola 2
#75744 - 1.11MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2591×⇩ - KristerP

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KristerP (2010/8/20)

 Cello
#75745 - 0.55MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2671×⇩ - KristerP

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KristerP (2010/8/20)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6004a-d.
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 Violin 1 (first 2 pages, optimised page turns)
#886777 - 0.25MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 20×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2023/12/5)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6004a.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Reformatted for better page turns: using this scan and a scan of the full part, turn at the bottom of the first page. Play the second page with the present scan, and the third page onward with the full part.
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 Violin 1
#883931 - 0.50MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 36×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2023/11/14)

⇒ 4 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello

 Violin 2
#883932 - 0.28MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 23×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2023/11/14)

 Viola 1
#883933 - 0.28MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 30×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2023/11/14)

 Viola 2
#883934 - 0.28MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 29×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2023/11/14)

 Cello
#883935 - 0.25MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 24×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2023/11/14)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate 8322.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes monochrome, no rehearsal letters, bar/measure numbers added to v1, va2, vc parts
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*Litollff ed.
See: String Quintets by Mendelssohn

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#852518 - 0.40MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 46×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/4/30)

 Piano 2
#852519 - 0.33MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 39×⇩ - 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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For Piano 4 hands

 Complete Score
#78154 - 2.58MB, 35 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 306×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/9/9)

Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6047.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For Piano (Čerlickij)

 Complete Score
#309467 - 4.84MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 229×⇩ - Timtin

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Timtin (2014/1/1)

Arranger Ivan Karlovič Čerlickij (1799-1865) ("Tscherlitzky")
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1862). Plate 10258.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes VIAF prefers Čerlickij, which we tend to use as a reference for uniformity.
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General Information

Work Title String Quintet No.2
Alternative. Title Quintett für 2 Violinen, 2 Violen und Violoncell
Name Translations Quintette pour cordes nº 2; String Quintet No. 2; 弦楽五重奏曲第2番 (メンデルスゾーン)
Authorities Wikipedia
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.87 ; MWV R 33
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 163
Key B-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro vivace (372 bars)
  2. Andante scherzando (G minor, 103 bars)
  3. Adagio e lento (D minor, 102 bars) - attacca
  4. Allegro molto vivace (208 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1845 July 8*
First Publication. 1850 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel / London: Ewer*
Average DurationAvg. Duration 30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
External Links Wikipedia article
All Music Guide
This article contains a detailed analysis of the 1st and 3rd movts: Mendelssohn’s “Late Style”: Form, Texture, and Sonority in the Final Chamber Works by Benedict Taylor The Musical Quarterly, Volume 106, Issue 1-2, Spring-Summer 2023, Pages 76–122, https://doi.org/10.1093/musqtl/gdad004
Extra Information
*Completed July 8 1845, Soden according to Todd, "Mendelssohn: A Life in Music" (p.496). Wehner's MWV catalog cites a letter from June 1845 mentioning rapid work on the piece. First publication by Breitkopf und Härtel noted in Monatsbericht (1851), p.23. Probably issued in late 1850 (per MWV catalog).

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