Piano Quartet No.3, Op.3 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1824 October–1825 January
Genre Categories Quartets; For violin, viola, cello, piano; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; Scores featuring the piano; For 4 players; For oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 5 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

 Piano
#835007 - 102.98MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 35×⇩ - Feduol

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 Violin
#835008 - 28.89MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - Feduol

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 Viola
#835009 - 24.68MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16×⇩ - Feduol

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 Cello
#835010 - 25.48MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2023/1/18)

Publisher. Info. 3 Quatuors pour piano, violon, alto et violoncelle, No.3
Paris: Schonenberger, n.d.[1853]. Plate S. 1959.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Submission Project.
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 Complete Score
#05747 - 4.62MB, 65 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5404×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2007/5/6)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 9
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1875. Plate M.B. 40.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, No.1192, n.d.(1933).
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 Complete Parts
#25328 - 6.90MB, 68 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1668×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2008/12/10)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d.(ca.1833). Plate 1724.
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 String Parts
#59181 - 2.41MB, 38 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2450×⇩ - chamberpianist

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 9300.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and Piano (Clements)

 Wind Parts & Score
#637364 - 1.03MB, 84 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 148×⇩ - PatrickC

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PatrickC (2020/7/20)

 Amendments to piano part
#637365 - 0.01MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 97×⇩ - PatrickC

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Arranger Patrick Clements (b. 1943)
Publisher. Info. Patrick Clements, 2004.
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Misc. Notes The wind parts are arranged from the string parts. The piano part (not included here) can be played unchanged but would be improved with a few omissions. Details are given in the "amendments to piano part" pdf.
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For Piano 4 Hands

 Complete Score
#91298 - 11.31MB, 49 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 424×⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2011/1/27)

 Complete Score (improved scan)
#626643 - 75.09MB, 49 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 22×⇩ - 20fingerspiano

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20fingerspiano (2020/5/18)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d.(ca.1835?). Plate 2035.
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General Information

Work Title Piano Quartet No.3 in B minor, Op.3
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Quatuor avec piano nº 3 de Mendelssohn; Piano Quartet No. 3; Klavierquartett Nr. 3; 第3号钢琴四重奏
Name Aliases Quatuor pour piano n° 3 de Mendelssohn; Klavierquartett h-Moll; Klavierquartett in h-Moll; Klavierquartett op. 3; Drittes Quartett für Pianoforte, Violine, Bratsche und Violoncell; 3. Klavierquartett; Piano Quartet in B minor; Piano Quartet, Op. 3
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: no98054584; GND: 300207808
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.3 ; MWV Q 17
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 129
Key B minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro molto - Più allegro (626 bars)
  2. Andante (E major, 68 bars)
  3. Allegro molto (F♯ minor, 463 bars)
  4. Finale. Allegro vivace (477 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1824 October–1825 January
First Publication. 1825 – Berlin: Fr. Laue
Dedication Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 31-33 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
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First published by Laue of Berlin 1825; then issued by Richault, Paris, 1827 ("nouvelle édition avec changements... corrections par l'auteur") (parts, no full score, both cases) - see "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Guide to Research", p.249.

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