String Quartet No. 1 (Mendelssohn)

The String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1829, completed in London on September 14 (though begun in Berlin) and possibly dedicated to Betty Pistor, a neighbor and the daughter of a Berlin astronomer.[1][2]

Movements

Like all of Mendelssohn's string quartets, this work has four movements:

Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante
Canzonetta: Allegretto in G minor
Andante espressivo
Molto allegro e vivace

A typical performance lasts just under 25 minutes.

gollark: But I think this is missing the major point that what's "good" in terms of maximizing the amount of humans or something (in the short term, anyway) is *not* necessarily good for literally any other values whatsoever.

gollark: Homosexuality is, as far as I'm aware, present in other animals and such.

gollark: Humans and humans' ancestors WERE subject to natural selection for billions of years.

gollark: > if you actually let natural selection work, anything other than straight would get selected outAnd yet it wasn't. Weird.

gollark: I mean, it's "natural" in the sense of "nature produced it".

References

Cookson, Michael. "Comparative Review of Recordings of Mendelssohn's Quartets". Retrieved 2007-10-26.
Todd, R. Larry (1991). Mendelssohn and His World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 265–266. ISBN 0-691-09143-9.

External links

String Quartet No. 1: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

Felix Mendelssohn

Vocal

Stage	A Midsummer Night's Dream Antigone Die beiden Neffen Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde Die Hochzeit des Camacho
Sacred	Oratorio: St. Paul / Paulus Elijah / Elias Christus Other: Psalm 42 Lobgesang (Symphony No. 2) Verleih uns Frieden Hear My Prayer Lord, have mercy upon us Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt (Psalm 100)
Other	Die erste Walpurgisnacht "On Wings of Song" Festgesang Festgesang an die Künstler

Orchestral

Symphony	13 String Symphonies No. 1 No. 2 (symphony-cantata Lobgesang) No. 3 (Scottish) No. 4 (Italian) No. 5 (Reformation)
Concerto	Violin and Strings Violin Piano, Violin and Strings Piano: No. 1 – No. 2 Two Pianos: in E major – in A♭ major
Other	Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage The Hebrides Die schöne Melusine Wedding March

Chamber

String quartet	String Quartet in E♭ major No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Four pieces for string quartet
Other	Violin Sonata: No. 1 – No. 2 – No. 3 Viola Sonata Cello Sonata: No. 1 – No. 2 Assai tranquillo for cello and piano Clarinet Sonata Piano Trio: in C minor – No. 1 – No. 2 Piano Quartet: No. 1 – No. 2 – No. 3 String Quintet: No. 1 – No. 2 Piano Sextet String Octet

Solo

Piano: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words) – Variations sérieuses
Organ: Six Organ Sonatas

People

Daniel Itzig (mother's side great-grandfather)
Moses (father's side grandfather)
Abraham (father)
Fanny and Rebecka (sisters)
Paul (son)

Other

Chamber music by Felix Mendelssohn
String quartets	String Quartet No. 1 in E♭ major String Quartet No. 2 in A minor String Quartet No. 3 in D major String Quartet No. 4 in E minor String Quartet No. 5 in E♭ major String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Four Pieces for String Quartet 12 Fugues for String Quartet String Quartet in E♭ major
String quintets and octets	String Quintet No. 1 in A major String Quintet No. 2 in B♭ major Octet in E♭ major
String sonatas	Cello Sonata No. 1 in B♭ major Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major Viola Sonata in C minor Violin Sonata in F minor Violin Sonata in F major (1820) Violin Sonata in F major (1838)
Piano trios, quartets and sextets	Piano Trio in C minor (1820) Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Piano Quartet No. 2 in F minor Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor Piano Quartet in D minor (1821) Piano Sextet in D major
Works for clarinet	Clarinet Sonata in E♭ major Concert Piece No. 1 in F minor Concert Piece No. 2 in D minor
List of compositions by Felix Mendelssohn

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.