Förster: Six String Quartets, Op. 16
Series: Classical Era Publisher: A-R Editions
This edition is part of the collection Förster: String Quartets
Six String Quartets, Op. 16
Edited by Nancy November
C101 Förster: Six String Quartets, Op. 16
978-0-89579-827-5
Full Score (2016)
9x12, xv + 306 pp.
$260.00
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C101
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C101P1
Instrumental Part(s) (2016)
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$26.00
C101P2
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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. Yet these works are not part of the standard chamber music repertoire, nor are they much discussed by musicologists, except in terms of the supposed “influence” between Förster and Beethoven. Thus our assessment of this important composer in general, and his contributions to Viennese string quartet culture around 1800 in particular, is hampered by a narrowness of vision.
This new edition of Förster’s op. 16 (1798) shows that, like Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, he found the string quartet to be an ideal medium for trying out new compositional experiments, novelties that would appeal especially to the connoisseur. These innovations include rich and varied use of imitation in sonata form movements, songful unfolding in the slow movements, and humorous use of register and articulation in minuet and trio movements.
Performance parts are available as separate purchases.
Six String Quartets, Op. 16
String Quartet No. 1 in D Major
I. Allegro
II. Andantino
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Allegro
String Quartet No. 2 in B-flat Major
I. Allegro vivace
II. Poco adagio
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Allegro
String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Major
I. Allegro
II. Andante grazioso
III. Menuetto: Poco allegretto
IV. Allegretto
String Quartet No. 4 in C Major
I. Allegro vivace
II. Adagio
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Allegretto
String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Allegro
String Quartet No. 6 in A Major
I. Adagio; Allegro
II. Menuetto: Moderato
III. Presto