String Quartet No.1, Op.12 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1829
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For viola, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); For violin, cello, piano (arr); For 3 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For flute, piano (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); For guitar (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For 1 player (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For piano (arr)

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#10971 - 5.08MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21742×⇩ - 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. 22.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
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Misc. Notes Dover volume
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Parts

 Violin 1
#18757 - 8.88MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14420×⇩ - William

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 Violin 2
#18758 - 9.05MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8367×⇩ - William

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 Viola
#18759 - 7.79MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8423×⇩ - William

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 Cello
#18760 - 7.29MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8855×⇩ - 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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 Cello
#733382 - 0.22MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 396×⇩ - Phrederica

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Phrederica (2021/9/20)

Editor Sheryl Smith (b. 1959)
Publisher. Info. Yellow Cello Music, 2021.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Big, Clean, and Clear Edition
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Litollff ed.
See: String Quartets by Mendelssohn
Selections: Canzonetta

 Viola, Cello
#199701 - 0.56MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 497×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2012/4/6)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d.[1871]. Plate 6879.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Contained in the Nitschmann Collection of Elblag Library, Vl 1 and 2 parts missing
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#852459 - 0.32MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 73×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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 Piano 2
#852460 - 0.28MB, 30 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 63×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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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 Violin, Cello and Piano

 Incomplete Score and Complete Parts
#360779 - 27.65MB, 46 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 200×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2015/1/13)

Arranger uncredited
Publisher. Info. Paris: Richault, n.d.(1869). Plate R 7497.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes first two pages (pp.2, 3 (56 bars)) of piano score missing.
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For Piano 4 Hands (Brissler)

 Complete Score
#62248 - 3.70MB, 30 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 571×⇩ - 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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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For Piano 4 hands

 Complete Score
#161340 - 4.86MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 271×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2011/12/6)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6046.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Canzonetta (No.2)

For Violin and Piano (Burmester)

 Complete Score and Violin Part
#755250 - 2.47MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2022/1/1)

 Complete Score and Violin Part (monochrome)
#757129 - 0.25MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 25×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2022/1/10)

Arranger Willy Burmester (1869-1933)
Publisher. Info. Alte Weisen
Mainz: Schott, 1910. Plate 29081.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Title Capriccietto, color
Included in the category Intermediate Works for Violin.
The violin part(s) is in 1st to 3rd position., but one section involves the 4th pos. Easier than the original 1st vl part, because it omits a short 5th pos section.
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For Violin and Piano (Catherine)

 Complete Score
#662960 - 0.95MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/29 - 27×⇩ - Jurabe

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 Cover Pages
#662961 - 0.37MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/29 - 14×⇩ - Jurabe

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Arranger Georges Catherine (1872-1958)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1923. Plate A.L. 16.582.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes From the uploader's archives. No.234 in "Les Classiques du Violon", a collection of "eclectic" transcriptions for violin and piano graded in difficulty as explained on the back cover. This one graded medium difficulty.
Shorter than the burmester arr, closer to the 1st vl part
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For Flute and Piano (Taffanel)
See: 10 transcriptions classiques (Taffanel, Paul)
For Piano 4 Hands (Vilbac)

 Complete Score
#376125 - 2.73MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 53×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2015/4/30)

Arranger Renaud de Vilbac (1829-1884)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel, n.d.[1877]. Plate H.6316.
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For Guitar (Tárrega)

 Complete Score
#840540 - 5.57MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12×⇩ - Town explorer

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Town explorer (2023/2/17)

Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Copyist Miguel Llobet (1878–1938)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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 Complete Score
#840541 - 4.13MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12×⇩ - Town explorer

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Town explorer (2023/2/17)

Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Publisher. Info. Madrid: Ildefonso Alier, n.d.(ca.1925). Plate 5769.
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 Complete Score
#644201 - 0.12MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 253×⇩ - Stefan Apke

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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Editor Stefan Apke (b. 1963)
Publisher. Info. Vlotho: Stefan Apke, 2020.
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For Organ (Best)

 Complete Score
#473370 - 0.29MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 44×⇩ - Keanur

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Arranger William Thomas Best (1826-1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.1 (pp.60-63)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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For Piano (Planté)

 Complete Score
#331914 - 1.72MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 297×⇩ - Massenetique

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Arranger Francis Planté (1839-1934)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel, n.d.[1878]. Plate H.6396.(1).
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Braille Scores

 Complete Score
#898983 - 0.06MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 61×⇩ - 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.1
Alternative. Title
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.12 ; MWV R 25
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 156
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
I. Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante (292 bars)
II. Canzonetta. Allegretto (G minor, 131 bars)
III. Andante espressivo (B-flat major, 65 bars)
IV. Molto allegro e vivace (313 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1829
First Publication. 1830 - Leipzig: Hofmeister
Average DurationAvg. Duration 23 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
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