String Quintets, Op. 18 and 87
by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn
String Quintet - Sheet Music

Chamber Ensemble String Quintet (Study Score)

SKU: HL.51489908

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Ernst Herttrich. Study Score. Paperbound. Henle Study Scores. Classical. Study score (paperbound). 150 pages. G. Henle #HN9908. Published by G. Henle (HL.51489908).

ISBN 9790201899084. UPC: 884088660376. 6.75x9.5x0.4 inches.

The genesis of Mendelssohn's string quintets is closely connected to his friend Eduard Rietz and the latter's brother Julius. Deeply affected by Eduard's death in 1832, Mendelssohn exchanged the “Minuetto” movement in his A major Quintet op. 18, written six years previously, for a newly composed adagio. It was in this form that the work was finally sent to the publisher. The Quintet in B flat major was only published after Mendelssohn's death; numerous, unauthorized entries by Julius Rietz thus found their way into performance practice. An examination of the autograph allowed Henle to return the work to its original form – the commentary contains detailed information on this.