String Quartet No.6, Op.80 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1847
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For 2 pianos (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 I. Allegro vivace assai
#247103 - 17.82MB - 7:41 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10226×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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 II. Allegro assai
#247104 - 11.60MB - 4:58 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4891×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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 III. Adagio
#247105 - 18.76MB - 8:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3489×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2012/8/18)

 IV. Finale: Allegro molto
#247106 - 14.49MB - 6:14 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3287×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2012/8/18)

Publisher Info. Palo Alto: Musopen, 2012.
Performers Musopen String Quartet
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#564316 - 4.65MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 303×⇩ - Irishmaestro

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Irishmaestro (2019/3/9)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1847.
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 Complete Score
#10976 - 5.57MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18813×⇩ - William

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William (2007/7/29)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 6
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1875. Plate M.B. 27.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
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Parts

 Violin 1
#38434 - 0.84MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10173×⇩ - Peter

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 Violin 2
#38435 - 0.63MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5086×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2009/8/30)

 Viola
#38436 - 0.63MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5354×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2009/8/30)

 Cello
#38437 - 0.63MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5208×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2009/8/30)

Editor First edition, published posthumously.
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1850]. Plate 8116.
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 Violin 1
#18775 - 9.76MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4059×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

 Violin 2
#18776 - 8.45MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2296×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

 Viola
#18777 - 8.20MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2506×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

 Cello
#18778 - 6.57MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2689×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche, und Violoncell, Opp.12, 13, 44, 80, 81
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6003.
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See: String Quartets by Mendelssohn

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 Hands (Brissler)

 Complete Score
#62255 - 4.21MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 529×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/4/21)

Arranger Friedrich Brissler (1818-1893)
Publisher. Info. Quartette für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1876]. Plate V.A. 178.
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For Piano (Čerlickij)

 Complete Score
#259284 - 5.50MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 622×⇩ - Schissel

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Schissel (2012/11/19)

 Complete Score
#731257 - 1.90MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 27×⇩ - Coulonnus

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Coulonnus (2021/9/13)

Editor Ivan Karlovič Čerlickij (1799–1865), as Jean Tscherlitzky
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1861]. Plate 10257.
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#852469 - 0.33MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 46×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/4/30)

 Piano 2
#852470 - 0.29MB, 30 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 34×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/4/30)

Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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Braille Scores

 Complete Score
#892960 - 0.04MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 85×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2024/1/5)

Editor Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
Publisher. Info. Hu Haipeng, 2019.
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.6
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Quatuor op. 80 de Mendelssohn Bartholdy; String Quartet No. 6; 현악 사중주 6번 (멘델스존); Streichquartett Nr. 6; 弦楽四重奏曲第6番; Quartet de corda n. 6 en Fa menor Op. 80, Felix Mendelssohn; Cuarteto de cuerdas nº 6, Op. 80; 第6号弦乐四重奏; کوارتت زهی شماره ۶ (مندلسون)
Name Aliases Quatuor op. 80 de mendelssohn bartholdy; Quatuor Op. 80 De Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Streichquartett in f-Moll; Streichquartett f-Moll; Streichquartett op. 44 Nr. 3; 6. Streichquartett; String Quartet in F minor; String Quartet, Op. 44 No. 3
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 191502272; GND: 30030112X; BNF: 13916199z
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.80
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 161
Key F minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
I. Allegro vivace assai (323 bars)
II. Allegro assai (301 bars)
III. Adagio (120 bars)
IV. Finale: Allegro molto (461 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1847
First Publication. 1850 – Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel (parts)
1851 (score)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 25-26 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
External Links Wikipedia article
All Music Guide

This article discusses Opp.80 and 87: Mendelssohn’s “Late Style”: Form, Texture, and Sonority in the Final Chamber Works by Benedict Taylor The Musical Quarterly, Volume 106, Issue 1-2, Spring-Summer 2023, Pages 76–122, https://doi.org/10.1093/musqtl/gdad004

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