String Quartet, Op.70 No.2 (Ries, Ferdinand)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements
Composition Year	1809, Vienna
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1816]. Plate 1255.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Editor	First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1816]. Plate 1255.
Reprinted	London: Merton Music, No.4238, n.d.[1996-2010].
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Work Title	String Quartet
Alternative. Title
Composer	Ries, Ferdinand
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.70 No.2
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFR 102
Key	G major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements Allegro Andante Scherzo. Allegro vivace Finale. Allegro molto
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1809, Vienna
First Publication.	1816 – Leipzig: C.F. Peters
Dedication	Monseigneur le Prince Antoine Radziwil (1775-1833)
Average DurationAvg. Duration	25 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	2 violins, viola, cello
Manuscript Sources	RISM 452500352 (manuscript copy, Berlin)
External Links	Publication by Peters announced in the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung (December, 1816).

Composition date from manuscript. (The thematic catalog is a recall from memory late in Ries' life and is often inaccurate!)

All three of the Op.70 quartets have been uploaded in a batch by Sibley Library.