Six string quartets, op. 21 / Emanuel Aloys Förster ; edited by Nancy November.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Förster, Emanuel Aloys, 1748-1823, composer.

Contributor:

November, Nancy, editor.

Series:

Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 102.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.

Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 102

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Standardized Title:

Quartets, violins(2), viola, cello, op. 21

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

String quartets--Austria--19th century--Scores and parts.

String quartets.

Chamber music--Austria--19th century--Scores and parts.

Chamber music.

Genre:

Chamber music.

Scores.

Parts (Music)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (xiv, 326 pages, 4 pages of plates)) : facsimiles + 6 sets of 4 parts each.

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

Staff notation.

Summary:

"Emanuel Aloys Förster (1748-1823) was among the most significant composers of Viennese chamber music at the turn of the nineteenth century. The three sets of six string quartets that he published are exemplary works in the genre at that time, fine examples of the intellectually and emotionally engaging nature of classical string quartets. As shown in this new edition of Förster's op. 21 (1803), Förster remained close to the overall design for string quartets that Haydn and Mozart had set, with some experiments in form and movement order in quartet no. 3. In other respects they present increasingly experimental writing. The harmonic innovations in quartet no. 4, for example, are especially striking; they require an excellent performing ensemble to render them effective. Förster also explored the special effects that are achievable by a string quartet, as in the Adagio con sordino from quartet no. 4. Hymnlike adagios that unfold in elaborate, ornamental lines also become increasingly prominent in op. 21, his final published set of string quartets." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Plates

String quartet no. 1 in C major

String quartet no. 2 in D minor

String quartet no. 3 in A major

String quartet no. 4 in E-flat major

String quartet no. 5 in B-flat major

String quartet no. 6 in E minor

Critical report.

Notes:

Edited from the first edition published: Vienna : Bureau d'arts et d'industrie, 1803 (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, shelfmark MS 4691 Mus.).

"Published in cooperation with Beethoven-Haus, Bonn" -- Page iv.

Includes introduction and critical report.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed November 5, 2018).

Contains:

Container of: .Förster, Emanuel Aloys, 1748-1823. Quartets, violins(2), viola, cello, op. 21. No. 1.

Container of: .Förster, Emanuel Aloys, 1748-1823. Quartets, violins(2), viola, cello, op. 21. No. 2.

Container of: .Förster, Emanuel Aloys, 1748-1823. Quartets, violins(2), viola, cello, op. 21. No. 3.

Container of: .Förster, Emanuel Aloys, 1748-1823. Quartets, violins(2), viola, cello, op. 21. No. 4.

Container of: .Förster, Emanuel Aloys, 1748-1823. Quartets, violins(2), viola, cello, op. 21. No. 5.

Container of: .Förster, Emanuel Aloys, 1748-1823. Quartets, violins(2), viola, cello, op. 21. No. 6.

OCLC:

1079359013

Publisher Number:

C102 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)

C102P1 A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)

C102P2 A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)

C102P3 A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)

C102P4 A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)

C102P5 A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)

C102P6 A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)