Bernhard Crusell (1775−1838)

Quatuor [N:o 1, E-flat major] pour Clarinette, Violon, Alto et Violoncello

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Print

1. Poco Adagio — Allegro
2. Romanze: Cantabile
3. Menuetto: Allegro — Trio — Menuetto D.C.
4. Rondo: Allegro vivace

  • Year of composition: 1803? Bernhard Päuler indicates 1812
  • Work category: 4 Instruments
  • Duration: 20 min
  • Detailed duration: 1: 7'13'', 2: 5'00'', 3: 4'11'', 4: 3'42'' (Hyperion).

Instrumentation

clar in Bb, vn, vla, vc

Examples of printed editions

Chez C.F. Peters, Bureau de Musique à Leipzig, no. 967, 1812.

Edition Kneusslin Basel, ekb, 19, publ. 1960, succeeded by Edition Kunzelmann, Lottstetten/Waldshut, Deutschland.

Amadeus Verlag - ed. Bernhard Päuler - Winterthur/Schweiz 2006, BP 1919 (partitur och stämmor)

Location for score and part material

Statens musik- och teaterbibliotek

Description of work

1. Poco Adagio E-flat major 3/4, Allegro 4/4 (C)
2. Romanze: Cantabile A-flat major 3/4
3. Menuetto: Allegro E-flat major 3/4, Trio B-flat major, M.D.C.S.R.
4. Rondo: Allegro vivace E-flat major 2/4


Work comment

When hearing the performance of this clarinet quartet (around 1814), the Russian composer Michail Ivanovich Glinka (1804–57) decided to become a composer.

 Klas Gagge 2011