String Quartet in E-flat major (1823) (Mendelssohn)

Not to be confused with String Quartet No. 1 (Mendelssohn) or String Quartet No. 5 (Felix Mendelssohn).

The String Quartet in E-flat major is an early work composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1823 but not published until 1879. The quartet was not assigned an opus number and is not numbered.

Movements

Like all of Mendelssohn's string quartets, this work has four movements:

Allegro moderato
Adagio non troppo
Menuetto and Trio
Fuga

A typical performance lasts just under 25 minutes.

External links

Anderson, Keith (2010). "Liner Notes - Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartets, Vol. 3, Naxos 8.570003". Naxos Records. Retrieved July 2013.
Cookson, Michael (5 July 2005). "MENDELSSOHN: The complete quartets, a comparative review". Musicweb. Retrieved July 2013. (Review of several recordings of the complete Mendelssohn string quartets including a movement by movement analysis of the 1823 quartet.)

Chamber music by Felix Mendelssohn

String quartets	String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12 String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44, No. 1 String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2 String Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 44, No. 3 String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 12 Fugues for String Quartet (1821) String Quartet in E-flat major (1823)

String quintets and octets	String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18 String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87 Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20

String sonatas	Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 45 Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58 Viola Sonata in C minor (1823-4) Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4 Violin Sonata in F major (1820) Violin Sonata in F major (1838)

Piano trios, quartets and sextets	Piano Trio in C minor (1820) Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1 Piano Quartet No. 2 in F minor, Op. 2 Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3 Piano Quartet in D minor (1821) Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110

Works for clarinet	Clarinet Sonata in E-flat major (1824) Concert Piece No. 1 in F minor, Op. 113 Concert Piece No. 2 in D minor, Op. 114

List of compositions by Felix Mendelssohn

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