Composition: 4 Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Title 4 Pieces for String Quartet
Alternative title Vier Sätze
Creators Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
Opus Op.81
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola and cello
Number of movements 4
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Composed 1827
First published 1850
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Average duration (sec) 1080
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Composition types Pieces
Period Romantic
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Sections

Title
click for details		 Metronome Key Measures
Tema con variazioni. Andante sostenuto, — E major 205
Scherzo. Allegro leggiero, — A minor 149
Capriccio. Andante con moto, — E minor 160
Fuga. A tempo ordinario, — E flat major 152

Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
view Complete piano 4 hands Friedrich Brissler
view Selections piano Ludwig Stark
view Selections organ George Cooper Jr.

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Complete — — — Complete Score · view
view Complete — Eulenburg — Complete Score · view
view Complete selections Manuscript — 1. Tema con variazioni / 2. Scherzo · view
view Complete selections Holograph manuscript 1843 3. Capriccio · view
view Complete parts — — Violin 1 · view
Violin 2 · view
Viola · view
Cello · view
view Complete parts Brandus 1850 Violin 1 · view
view Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Friedrich Brissler
 Breitkopf und Härtel 1876 Complete Score · view
view Complete Arrangement for piano
by Ludwig Stark
; selections		 Breitkopf und Härtel — 3. Capriccio · view
1-2. Variationen, Scherzo · view
view Complete Arrangement for organ
by George Cooper Jr.
; selections		 Novello — 1. Andante sostenuto · view
Color Cover · view

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