6 Quartets, Op.8 (Bach, Johann Christian)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 quartets
First Publication 1770 - London: Welcker
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, continuo; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores with basso continuo; For 3 players with continuo; For flute, violin, viola, continuo; Scores featuring the flute; For oboe, violin, viola, continuo; Scores featuring the oboe; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For oboe, violin, viola, cello; For flute, violin, viola, cello

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

 Complete Score
#397915 - 8.31MB, 64 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 681×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Copyist George Christoph Balch
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1770-85).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.3374-Q-3
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 Oboe (or Flute, or Violin 1)
#110029 - 0.73MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7375×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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 Violin 2
#110030 - 0.87MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2389×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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 Viola
#110031 - 0.77MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2134×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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 Basso (figured)
#110032 - 0.73MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3033×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/7/21)

Engraver La Haye: A. Stechwey
Publisher. Info. Amsterdam: S. Markordt, n.d.[1780].
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
Ordering changed (W.B 54, 53, 51, 52, 56, 55)
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 Complete Score
#661492 - 1.30MB, 57 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2438×⇩ - ReinhardGreeven

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⇒ 4 more: Oboe (or Flute, or Violin 1) • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello

 Oboe (or Flute, or Violin 1)
#661493 - 0.47MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 909×⇩ - ReinhardGreeven

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 Violin 2
#661494 - 0.54MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 422×⇩ - ReinhardGreeven

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 Viola
#661495 - 0.47MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 408×⇩ - ReinhardGreeven

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 Cello
#661496 - 0.35MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 428×⇩ - ReinhardGreeven

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ReinhardGreeven (2020/12/1)

Editor Reinhard Greeven
Publisher. Info. Reinhard Greeven
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del/mrg]
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General Information

Work Title 6 Quartets
Alternative. Title Six quartettos for a german flute, violin, tenor and violoncello
Composer Bach, Johann Christian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.8 ; W.B 51-56 ; RISM A/I: B 308
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 quartets:
  1. Quartet in C major, W.B 51
    Allegro con spitito, Menuetto
  2. Quartet in D major, W.B 52
    Andante, Rondo Allegro
  3. Quartet in E-flat major, W.B 53
    Largo, Allegro con spirito
  4. Quartet in F major, W.B 54
    Allegro, Menuetto con variatione
  5. Quartet in G major, W.B 55
    Allegretto, Rondo Allegro
  6. Quartet in B-flat major, W.B 56
    Andante, Menuetto
First Publication. 1770 - London: Welcker
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation flute (oboe, violin 1), violin (2), viola, cello (continuo)

Navigation etc.

  • Published for flute only (Welcker 1770, Hummel), oboe only (Sieber 1772), Markordt/Stechway edition has flute or violin on the title page, oboe or violin on the part, figured basso part. Stechwey edition published as Op.9, all others as Op.8.
  • The numbering of the Markordt/Stechwey edition is different from the numbering at the top of this page: Stechwey 1 = No.4, Stechwey 2 = No.3, Stechwey 3 = No.1, Stechwey 4 = No.2, Stechwey 5 = No.6, Stechwey 6 = No.5.
  • Grove Music lists flute, violin, viola, cello as the only option, and lists the publication date as 1772.
  • Since the RISM link (above) to the string quartet version of this states that is in someone else's hand, "George Christoph Balch", and since Grove Music does not list it, it is probably not Bach's instrumentation.

"The Bach-Archiv in Leipzig owns the collection of Elias N. Kulukundis; it includes several sonatas for the viola da gamba by Johann Christian. In this collection the present set of quartets has also been found, except the sixth which is missing. These quartets were originally intended for oboe (with transverse flute or violin as alternatives), violin, viola and bass. They may have been inspired by or even composed specifically for the oboe virtuoso Johann Christian Fischer, who arrived in London by 1768. Several editions of the quartets op. 8 are known, printed in London, Amsterdam and Paris respectively. In the latter two editions the order of the quartets is different." (Johan van Veen)

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