String Quartet No.1, Op.112 (Saint-Saëns, Camille)

		Movements/Sections 4 movements: Allegro (354 bars) Molto allegro quasi presto (440 bars) Molto adagio (84 bars) Allegro non troppo (183 bars) Composition Year 1899 April, Las Palmas (Canary Islands) Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (2)
• Parts (1)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Full Scores

 Complete score
*#27204 - 4.41MB, 68 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 1920x⇩

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Daphnis (2009/1/24)

 Complete score
*#52115 - 3.51MB, 69 (68 music) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 903x⇩

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Carolus (2010/1/7)

Publisher Info.:

Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1904. Plate D. & F. 6462.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Parts

 Complete parts
*#30070 - 2.63MB, 69 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1374x⇩

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Daphnis (2009/4/1)

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Durand, 1899. Plate D. & F. 5618.

Reprinted:

Boca Raton: Masters Music, n.d. Catalog M 3549.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands (Benfeld)

 Complete score
*#56639 - 3.31MB, 71 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C/V/C - 126x⇩

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Morel (2010/2/20)

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Morel (2010/2/20)

Arranger:

A. Benfeld

Publisher Info.:

Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1900. Plate D. & F. 5708

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	String Quartet No. 1
Alternative Title

Composer	Saint-Saëns, Camille
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.112
Key	E minor
Movements/Sections	4 movements: Allegro (354 bars) Molto allegro quasi presto (440 bars) Molto adagio (84 bars) Allegro non troppo (183 bars)
Year/Date of Composition	1899 April, Las Palmas (Canary Islands)
First Performance	1899 May, Buenos Aires, Saint-Saëns and V. Cernicchiaro (violins), E. Gravenstein (viola), B. Niederberger (cello) (private?) 1899 September, Salle Pleyel, Paris, Ysaÿe Quartet (public, preceded by private audition for composer)
First Publication	1899
Dedication	Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 Violins, Viola and Cello

Misc. Comments

There is a section on this quartet in Sabrina Teller Ratner's book Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921: The instrumental works (Oxford University Press, 2002) (pp.209–213) from which the premiere, bar, and other information was obtained.