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Performances [show]
Sheet Music
Parts
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Milan: Ricordi, n.d.(ca.1823). Plate 1420.
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General Information
| Work Title
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2 String Quartets
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| Composer
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Spohr, Louis
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.4
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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None [force assignment]
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| Key
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see below
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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2 quartets ; 4 movements (each)
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1805
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| First Publication.
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1807 ca. – Leipzig: Kühnel, Plate 455
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| Dedication
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Gotha & Atembourg
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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2 violins, viola, cello
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From Brown's "Louis Spohr: A Critical Biography" "it is possible he would have consigned the manuscript [of the quartets] to oblivion... had it not been for his publisher, Kühnel of Leipzig [who having heard them in 1807 and having already published the concerto no.2 and duets opus 3 persuaded Spohr] to allow the quartets to be published." (p.44, 1984 Cambridge University Press edition) (composed in 1807 also, see Brown, p.43. "Probably composed over the preceding two or three years" - p.44.)
