String Quartet No. 1
| Full title | String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor op. 20 / 1. Streichquartett C-moll op. 20 | |
| Date composed | 1905–1906 | |
| Details |
Stürmisch bewegt Sehr langsam Wild Sehr langsam Composition completed on 22 March 1905 and revised in July 1906. Dedication: Herrn Prof. Dr. Karl Straube verehrungsvoll zugeeignet. Performance duration: ca. 42 min. |
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| Manuscript sources | NYPL JOB 73-153, presentation holograph score (21 numbered pages, bound in thick paper), with title page that reads: Herrn Prof. Dr. Karl Straube verehrungsvoll zugeeignet / Streichquartett / für 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello / op. 20 / Karl Weigl; also composer's note on inside cover: Quartett / für 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello / Wien, März 1905. / Karl Weigl. See also ÖNB Mus.Hs.36839, holograph set of parts in three bound volumes for each instrument, with composer's notes at final cadence of last movement: 22./III. 1905 / Rev. Juli 1906. | |
| Publication details | Breitkopf und Härtel, 1926: Partitur-Bibliothek Nr. 2665/B&H 29475 (miniature score); and B&H 29476 (parts). | |
| Availabiity | Score and parts available from ACA and KWF. | |
| Recordings | Artis Quartet (CD: Nimbus 5646; 1999). Christopher Quartet (CD: Indiana University School of Music IUSM-01; 1988). |
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| Listen |
String Quartet No. 1: movement 1, Allegro |
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Performances (click
icon to expand or collapse list)| April 1925 | Saarbrücken: Kolbe Quartet (Raimund Kolbe et al.). |
| 1 April 1925*** | Vienna, Kleiner Konzerthaussaal, Kompositions-Abend Karl Weigl: Kolbe Quartet (Raimund Kolbe et al.). |
| 8 March 1926 | Vienna, Musiksalon Doblinger: Sedlak-Winkler Quartet (Fritz Sedlak, Winkler, Franz Ippisch et al.). Also on program: Franz Schmidt, String Quartet in A Major. |
| 18 October 1927 | Vienna,Konzerthaus, Mozart Saal: Rosé Quartet (Arnold Rosé, Paul Fischer, Anton Ruzitska, Anton Walter); the group also took the work on that season’s tour of Italy. |
| 9 March 1928 | Trieste, Italy: Rosé Quartet (Arnold Rosé, Paul Fischer, Anton Ruzitska, Anton Walter). Also on program: works by Mozart and Beethoven. |
| November 1929 | Dortmund, Philharmonischer Verein: Rosé Quartet (Arnold Rosé, Paul Fischer, Anton Ruzitska, Anton Walter). |
| 4 December 1983 | Rochester, New York, Society for Chamber Music in Rochester: Abram Loft, Ruthanne Wiley, Bruce Plumb, Lynn Kable Richmond. |
| 5 December 1983 | Rochester, New York, Society for Chamber Music in Rochester: Abram Loft, Ruthanne Wiley, Bruce Plumb, Lynn Kable Richmond. |
| [?] May 1994 | Vienna: Artis Quartet (Peter Schumayer, Johannes Meissl, Herbert Kefer, Othmar Müller). Also on program: Mozart, String Quartet KV 575; Beethoven, String Quartet op. 95. |
| 21 October 200 | London, Wigmore Hall: Artis Quartet (Peter Schumayer, Johannes Meissl, Herbert Kefer, Othmar Müller). |
| May 2003 | Lübeck, 13th International Lübeck Chamber Music festival: Artis Quartet (Peter Schumayer, Johannes Meissl, Herbert Kefer, Othmar Müller). |
| 24 March 2004 | Santa Cruz, California: Artis Quartet (Peter Schuhmayer, Johannes Meissl, Herbert Kefer, Othmar Müller). Also on program: Mozart, String Quartet, in D Major K. 575; Mendelssohn, String Quartet in D Major op. 44 no. 1. |
| 8 January 2009 | Manchester, England, Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) Chamber Music Festival, Vienna from Schubert to Schoenberg, Late Afternoon Concert: String Quartet No. 1, with members of the European Chamber Music Academy. Also on program: Webern, String Trio op. 20; Berg, Four Pieces for clarinet and piano; Korngold, String Quartet No. 1 in A major op. 16. |
| 14 June 2010 | Stuttgart, Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg, Ordensaal: String Quartet No. 1, performed by the Artis Quartett (Peter Schumayer, Johannes Meissl, Herbert Kefer, Othmar Müller). Also on the program: Bach, Suite in D Minor BWV 1008 and Violin Sonata in G Minor BWV 1001; and Zemlinsky, String Quartet No. 2. |
