String Quartet No.1, Op.40 (Kaun, Hugo)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 movements
First Publication 1898 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; [3 more...]Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

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⇒ 4 more: Violin II (color) • Viola (color) • Cello (color) • Complete Parts (black and white)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Breitkopf & Härtel's Kammermusik-Bibliothek
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, No.1627/1629, n.d.[1898].
Coissue?: Berlin: Musikverlag Richard Kaun, n.d.(1898?). Plate 231.
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Misc. Notes #255627: Original images: 150dpi, color jpg files approx. 1500 by 1850 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.1
Alternative. Title Auf den Tod eines Helden
Composer Kaun, Hugo
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.40
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IHK 22
Key F major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 movements:
  1. Bewegt und mit Begeisterung.
  2. Sehr langsam (Auf den Tod eines Helden) - Leidenschaftlich bewegt - Ruhig - Ziemlich erregt
First Publication. 1898 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello

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According to Cobbett/Altmann the hero of the second movement was Kaun's friend, Captain von Gossel of the SS Elbe, which was involved in a collision while crossing the North Sea at 5.30 am on January 31st 1895 and sank with the loss of more than 300 passengers and crew

Kaun-Verzeichnis gives the first publisher as Berlin : Rich. Rühle, 1898.

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