String Quartet No.6 (Hindemith, Paul)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
  1. Sehr Ruhig und ausdrucksvoll: ( = 40)
  2. Lebhaft und sehr energisch: (  = 86-92)
  3. Variationen: Ruhig: ( = 88)
  4. Breit und energisch: ( = 80-90)
Composition Year 1943 May (approx. May 2–16)
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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Scores and Parts

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1944.
Reprinted Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, No.3537, n.d. Plate 37110.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU
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⇒ 7 more: Violin II (grayscale) • Viola (grayscale) • Cello (grayscale) • Violin I (black and white) • Violin II (black and white) • Viola (black and white) • Cello (black and white)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1944., assigned -
London: Schott & Co., 1946.
Reprinted Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, No.2277, n.d. Plate 37111a-d.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU
Misc. Notes Sallen112's scans: 150dpi grayscale images. Files 339173-6: Sallen112's scans re-sampled to 600dpi and converted to black and white.
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.6 in E-flat Major
Alternative. Title 5. Streichquartett in Es (or 6. Streichquartett in Es)
Name Translations Quatuor à cordes nº 6; 6. Streichquartett; String Quartet No. 6
Authorities WorldCat; VIAF: 292962655; BNF: 139858486
Composer Hindemith, Paul
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IPH 144
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
  1. Sehr Ruhig und ausdrucksvoll: ( = 40)
  2. Lebhaft und sehr energisch: (  = 86-92)
  3. Variationen: Ruhig: ( = 88)
  4. Breit und energisch: ( = 80-90)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1943 May (approx. May 2–16)
First Performance. 1943-11-07 in Washington, D.C.
Budapest String Quartet
First Publication. 1944
Dedication "Geschrieben für das Budapester Streichquartett"
Average DurationAvg. Duration 26 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
External Links Hindemith Foundation
Wikipedia article (French)

Navigation etc.

  • Some information from Luttmann, Paul Hindemith: A Research and Information Guide.
  • Hindemith referred to this work, like most if not all works whose works he gave keys in their titles, "in Es" or "in C" or... not "in Es-dur" - and this is not the same thing, especially in the 20th century; it just means a work whose tonal center is E♭ (in the case of this work), and says nothing about the modality. - Schissel
  • Hindemith wrote seven string quartets; Schott published all except for Op.2 (String Quartet No.1). The traditional numbering, with Op.10 (String Quartet No. 2) as the first quartet, is Schott's; throughout his lifetime and with a high degree of consistency, Hindemith numbered the Op.2 quartet as his first, and the remaining six quartets as Nos.2-7. The Op.22 quartet is even identified as No.4 on the program of its premiere performance. Since the early 1990s, all Schott printings of the quartets make use of Hindemith's own numbering.
-Paul Hindemith: A Research and Information Guide
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