Felix Mendelssohn


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String Quartet No. 6


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Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80

  • I. Allegro vivace assai
  • II. Allegro assai
  • III. Adagio
  • IV. Finale. Allegro molto

  • Piano Transcriptions

  • I. Allegro vivace assai - Arranged for Piano
  • II. Allegro assai - Arranged for Piano
  • III. Adagio - Arranged for Piano
  • IV. Finale. Allegro molto - Arranged for Piano
  • The string quartet recordings are performed by: The Czech National Symphony Orchestra
    Publisher: Musopen Kickstarter Project
    License Terms: CC PDM 1.0

    The piano transcriptions are recorded, produced, and published by: Gregor Quendel
    Arranged for piano by: Gregor Quendel
    The arrangement is based on the notes by: H. Fesefeldt
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The String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1847. It was the last major piece he completed before he died two months later, on 4 November 1847. It is believed he composed the piece as a homage to his sister Fanny, who died on 14 May of that year.

The quartet was first heard in private on 5 October 1847 in the presence of Ignaz Moscheles. The first public performance was on 4 November 1848 at the Leipzig Konservatorium with Joseph Joachim, Mendelssohn's young mentee, playing the violin. The other members of the quartet were Moritz Klengel, Freidrich Hermann, and Carl Wittman, all regular performers with Leipzig's Gewandhaus Orchestra. The score was published posthumously in 1850 by Breitkopf & Härtel, Mendelssohn's longtime publishing house. The original manuscript is stored in the Jagiellonian Library in Kraków, Poland.

Movements

The string quartet has four movements:

  1. Allegro vivace assai

  2. Allegro assai

  3. Adagio

  4. Finale: Allegro molto

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No._6_(Mendelssohn) / License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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