String Quartet a minor Op. 29 D804 Rosamunde, Franz Schubert. Study Score

DESCRIPTION
The quartet in a minor is one of the chamber music works with which Schubert wanted to pave the way to the great symphony in spring 1824. At the same time he was paving his way to a wider audience, as the Rosamunde Quartet was the first and onlystring quartet that was not only publicly performed in Schuberts lifetime but also published in parts. It is fortunate for us that this was the case because the autograph of this much-loved quartet is missing today and the only source for the workis the first edition. And this is precisely where the challenge lies, as the parts exhibit some inaccuracies regarding the articulation and dynamics. They have had to be carefully resolved, something which our new Urtext edition has done in anexemplary fashion. Its name can be traced back to Schuberts incidental music to the play Rosamunde, which can be heard at the beginning of the Andante. Quite a few people might, however, be reminded of the Impromptu in B flat major op. post. 142 no.3, in which Schubert later once again took up the beautiful melody.

SPECIFICATIONS
Composer Franz Schubert
Editor Egon Voss
Instrument Group String Ensemble
Instrumentation String Quartet
Product Type Studyscore
Series Henle Urtext Editions
Publisher G. Henle Verlag
GenreView Description Classical
Year of Publication 2015
No. Pages 56
ISMN 9790201898490
Edition Number HN 9849