Three Pieces Op. 11 from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'

String Quartet Score and Parts

By Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Three Pieces Op. 11 from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)

Instrument:

Cello

Viola

Violin

Ensemble:

String Quartet

Format:

Collection / Songbook

Score and Parts

Set of Parts

Level:

Advanced

Publisher:

Schott Music

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String quartet (Score & Parts) - advanced to difficult
String Quartet Score and Parts. Composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957). Edited by Andreas Fuchs. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Ensemble. Classical. Softcover. Composed 1918-1919. Op. 11. 20 pages. Duration 11'. Schott Music #ED21570. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046137).

Item Number: HL.49046137

ISBN 9781540051974. 9x12 inches. German - English - French.

New incidental music was required for a performance of William Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado about Nothing in the Schönbrunn Schlosstheater in Vienna in 1920. Erich Wolfgang Korngold had already composed this music two years previously; he also conducted the première in May 1920. In January of the same year however, Korngold's entertaining suite also received its first performance and its catchy melodies have guaranteed its popularity up to the present day.

A third version arranged by the composer for string quartet surfaced at an auction in 1984 : this version of the work had however never been performed. The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde [Society of Music Lovers] in Vienna succeeded in purchasing this three-movement version which will receive its much belated performance almost a century after its creation.