String Quartet in E-flat major (1823) (Mendelssohn)

Not to be confused with String Quartet No. 1 (Mendelssohn) or String Quartet No. 5 (Mendelssohn).

The String Quartet in E-flat major is an early work composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1823 but not published until 1879. The quartet was not assigned an opus number and is not numbered.

Movements

Like all of Mendelssohn's string quartets, this work has four movements:

1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio non troppo
3. Menuetto and Trio
4. Fuga

A typical performance lasts just under 24 minutes.

External links

• Anderson, Keith (2010). "Liner Notes - Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartets, Vol. 3, Naxos 8.570003". Naxos Records. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
• Cookson, Michael (5 July 2005). "MENDELSSOHN: The complete quartets, a comparative review". Musicweb. Retrieved July 25, 2013. (Review of several recordings of the complete Mendelssohn string quartets including a movement by movement analysis of the 1823 quartet.)