String Quartet, Op.5 (Paine, John Knowles)

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		Movements/Sections 4 movements Moderato Andante Presto molto Finale Thema con variazioni. Allegretto grazioso Var.1 Var.2 con grazia Var.3 Pizzi: e marcato. Con brio. Var.4 Minore Majore. Coda. Fuga. Molto allegro Composition Year 1860-69? Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

Sheet Music

• Scores (4)

Scores

 1. Moderato
*#211815 - 19.52MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 55x⇩

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 2. Andante
*#211816 - 11.03MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 30x⇩

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 3. Presto molto
*#211817 - 10.94MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 33x⇩

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 4. Thema con variazioni
*#211818 - 24.10MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 44x⇩

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Publisher Info.:

Composer's manuscript (holograph), n.d.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original images: 300dpi color jpg files approx. 4100 by 3260 pixels.
The score is missing pages 23 and 24 (the obverse and reverse of the same page). Page 25 was largely marked out by Paine so it is possible that the two missing pages contained material Paine decided to leave out.
The score is in the collection of the Houghton Library and can be found here.

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General Information

Work Title	String Quartet
Alternative Title	Violin Quartette

Composer	Paine, John Knowles
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.5
Key	D major
Movements/Sections	4 movements Moderato Andante Presto molto Finale Thema con variazioni. Allegretto grazioso Var.1 Var.2 con grazia Var.3 Pizzi: e marcato. Con brio. Var.4 Minore Majore. Coda. Fuga. Molto allegro
Year/Date of Composition	1860-69?
First Publication	1940 – New York: Work Projects Administration and The New York Public Library
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 Violins, viola, cello

Misc. Comments

There are two references to the first publication in Wordcat which may or may not describe the same issue. OCLC 317654641 is described as 4 parts "Reproduced cooperatively by Work Projects Administration and The New York Public Library, [19--?]." OCLC 16455121 is described as both the score and four parts revised by Sydney Beck (1906–2001) and published by the New York Public Library in 1940. No copyright renewal could be found for this publication.