String Quintets Vol.2

Streich Quintets Volume 2-Mozart has written a total of 6 quintets for 2 violins 2 violas and a cello and here are 3 of them. Parts available on HN778.

?Because I only need four parts to express everything? Haydn is said to have replied thus when asked why he had not composed a string quintet. Mozart saw things differently. He applied himself to this genre sixtimes even giving important parts to the two Violas. Following Volume II which contains the three most often played quintets we warmly recommend Mozart?s first Quintet K. 174 to ensembles (the 3rd andfinal volume was published in 2008). The editors were able to refer to the autograph which is once again accessible. It shows Mozart?s intensive compositional work resulting in the fact that he composed the minuet andfinale of the work a second time. The first version of both movements is included in the appendix of our edition enabling insightful comparisons.

Instrumentation: 2Vln.2Vla.Vc Format: Sheet Music Details: Two Violins, Two Violas, Violoncello Contents: K46, 174, 407 (Horn, 2 Violins, Viola, and Violoncello or 2 Violins, Viola, and 2 Violoncelli), 581 (Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola, and Violoncello or 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and Violoncello), K.Anh.179

The String Quintet in E-flat major Op.97 (with two Violas) is the third work Dvo ák composed during his stay in America. ?This quintet may be said in three of its movements to show the influence of American life and American music upon the composer? wrote the American music critic Henry Krehbiel on 7 January 1894. The use of particular melodic and rhythmic elements in his American compositions as typically found in Afro-American gospels strengthened the gathering conception considering Dvo ák to be the founder of an American national style of music. The String Quintet in E-flat major was premiered on 12 January 1894 at the Carnegie Halland was published shortly afterwards in score and parts by Simrock. This first edition is the main source for this publication.Reprint from the Complete Edition of the Works of Anton n Dvo ák Vol. IV/8New foreword (Cz/Eng/Ger) by David Beveridge with an evaluation of the origin of the composition.

Dvorák's 'String Quintet in G major? op. 77, had five movements when it was premiered on 18 March 1876. Its second movement was the 'Intermezzo? from his 'String Quartet in E minor? (1870). Later Dvorák removed this movement from the quintet, expanded it, and published it as a separate 'Notturno? for string orchestra op. 40. The 'Intermezzo? is included in its original version in the appendix of the score.This edition is based on the 'Complete Edition of the Works of Antonín Dvorák?, the principal source being the first edition of 1888, for which Dvorák subjected the work to revision.- Dvorák's famous quintet with double bass- New detailed foreword by Dvorák scholar David Beveridge (Eng/Cz/Ger)- Musical text based on the 'Complete Edition of the Works of Antonín Dvorák? (series IV, vol. 8) / Quatuor A Cordes