String Quartet No. 1 (Schubert)
The String Quartet No. 1 (D 18) in mixed keys was composed by Franz Schubert in 1810 or 1811.
History
A partial autograph of the composer kept in the Vienna City Library has the date 1812 written on the cover.[1] The composition date is however more likely 1810.[2] As such it may be Schubert's earliest extant completed multi-movement work for more than one player.
Description
The work has the traditional four movements of a classical string quartet, with the Menuetto preceding the slow movement (Andante). The key signature of the work is undefined.
Key signature
D 18 is the only remaining of a set of three early string quartets "in changing, undefined" key signatures by Schubert. The Deutsch catalogue indicates its key as g/B[♭].[2]
Movements
- Andante – Presto vivace (C minor – G minor)
- Menuetto (F major, with Trio in C major)
- Andante (B-flat major)
- Presto (B-flat major)
Publication
The work was first published in 1890, in the Franz Schubert's Works complete edition by Breitkopf & Härtel.[2]
References
Sources
- Franz Schubert's Works, Series V: Streichquartette edited by Joseph Hellmesberger and Eusebius Mandyczewski. Breitkopf & Härtel, 1890.
- Otto Erich Deutsch (and others). Schubert Thematic Catalogue (several editions), No. 18.
- New Schubert Edition, Series VI, Volume 3: Streichquartette I edited by Martin Chusid. Bärenreiter, 1979.
External links
- String Quartet No. 1: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project