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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix: String Quintets op. 18 and 87

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Setting: String Quintet
Period: Classic
Length: 214 pages
Weight: 0.802 kg
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN0908
Other reference: HN 908
ISMN: 9790201809083
"The genesis of Mendelssohn's string quintets is closely connected to his friend Eduard Rietz and the latter's brother Julius. Deeply affected by Eduard's death in 1832, Mendelssohn exchanged the ''Minuetto'' movement in his A major Quintet op. 18, written six years previously, for a newly composed adagio. It was in this form that the work was finally sent to the publisher. The Quintet in B flat major was only published after Mendelssohn's death numerous, unauthorized entries by Julius Rietz thus found their way into performance practice. An examination of the autograph allowed us to return the work to ist original form - the commentary contains detailed information on this.?"
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