String Quintet No.2, Op.111 (Brahms, Johannes)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1890
Genre Categories Quintets; For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello; Scores featuring the violin; [16 more...]Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 5 players; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); For 8 players (arr)

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Scores

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1891. Plate 9508.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Original images: ca.300dpi, color tif (from pdf) files approx. 2880 by 4360 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. (#366762)
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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
#242299 - 5.48MB, 29 pp. -  4.6666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (15) - V*/V*/V* - 8643×⇩ - piupianissimo

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Editor Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Publisher. Info. Sämtliche Werke, Band 7:
Kammermusik für Streichinstrumente (pp.123-51)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926-27. Plate J.B. 20.
Copyright
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Parts

⇒ 6 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello • Cover

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1891. Plate 9509.
Copyright
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⇒ 7 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello • Covers • Preface

Editor Ossip Schnirlin (1874–1939)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, No.796, 1927. Plate 15045.
Copyright
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⇒ 4 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello

 Viola 2
#406693 - 1.42MB, 11 pp. -  6.2857142857143/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - V/V/V - 572×⇩ - Mpcgd

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Editor Gewandhaus-Quartett
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 10447.
Copyright
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Allegro non troppo, ma con brio (No.1)

 Cello (better page turns)
#397254 - 0.22MB, 11 pp. -  3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - !N/!N/!N - 1251×⇩ - Cellofan

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Editor Orfeo Mandozzi
Publisher. Info. Tel Aviv: Orfeo Mandozzi 21.10.2015
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2. Print page 1 separately and attach next to page 2
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos (Babcock)
Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
Copyright
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Misc. Notes each part designed to be printed front and back
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For Piano 4 hands
Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1891. Plate 9505.
Copyright
Public Domain
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For Piano 4 hands (Singer)
Arranger Otto Singer II (1863–1931)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 10405.
Copyright
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For Piano (Klengel)
Arranger Paul Klengel (1854–1934)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, No.V.A. 492, 1920. Plate 13973.
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For 2 Flutes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons and 2 Horns (Miller)

⇒ 8 more: Flute 1 • Flute 2 • Clarinet 1 (B♭/A) • Clarinet 2 (B♭/A) • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F)

Arranger Toby Miller (b. 1964)
Publisher. Info. Toby Miller, 2025.
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General Information

Work Title String Quintet No.2
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Quintette à cordes nº 2; String Quintet No. 2; 弦楽五重奏曲第2番 (ブラームス); Quintetto per archi n. 2; Quintet de corda núm. 2
Name Aliases Quintette à cordes n° 2 (Brahms); String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: no97082961; BNF: 13908858k
Composer Brahms, Johannes
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.111
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJB 130
Key G major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
  2. Adagio
  3. Un poco Allegretto
  4. Vivace ma non troppo presto
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1890
First Performance. 1890-11-11 — Vienna
First Publication. 1891 – Berlin: N. Simrock
Average DurationAvg. Duration 30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
External Links Wikipedia article
KDH Listening Guide
Extra Information Version History
  • Composed for string quintet, 1890
  • Arranged for piano 4 hands by Brahms, 1890

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