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Felix Mendelssohn

String Quartet no. 1 in E flat major, op. 12

Op. 12

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Felix Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 1 in E♭ major, Op. 12, was composed in 1829, completed in London on September 14 (though begun in Berlin), and possibly dedicated to Betty Pistor, a neighbor and the daughter of a Berlin astronomer.

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Movements

  1. Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante
  2. Canzonetta: Allegretto, in G minor
  3. Andante espressivo, in B♭ major
  4. Molto allegro e vivace, in C minor until a return to E♭ major (and the first movement's material) in the coda

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