String Quartet No. 11 (Spohr)

Louis Spohr's String Quartet No. 11 ("Quatuor brillant") in E major, Op. 43, was completed in May of 1818. It is one of eight similar works Spohr wrote between 1806 and 1835. Like a concerto, the work is designed to display a soloists skills, but in a more intimate setting than the concert hall.^[1]

Movements

This quartet is in three movement form:

Allegro
Adagio
Tempo di minuetto: Un poco vivace

References

^ Clive Brown & Keith Warsop. Liner Notes to Louis Spohr String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 7 – Nos. 11 and 12, Marco Polo 8.223257 www.naxos.com^{[dead link]}

External links

Score for the String Quartet No. 11 in E major, Op. 43 at the IMSLP

This article about a composition for a chamber music group is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Clive Brown & Keith Warsop. Liner Notes to Louis Spohr String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 7 – Nos. 11 and 12, Marco Polo 8.223257 www.naxos.com^{[dead link]}

[1]

v t e Louis Spohr
List of compositions
Operas	Die Prüfung (1806) Alruna (1808) Faust (1816) Zemire und Azor [de] (1818-19) Jessonda (1823)
Symphonies	No. 1 in E flat major No. 2 in D minor No. 3 in C minor No. 4 in F major, "Die Weihe der Töne" No. 5 in C minor No. 6 in G major, "Historische im Stil und Geschmack 4 verschiedener Zeitabschnitte" No. 7 in C major, "Irdisches und Göttliches im Menschenleben" No. 8 in G major No. 9 in B minor, "Die Jahreszeiten" No. 10 in E-flat major
String Quartets	No. 3 in D minor No. 6 in G minor No. 11 in E major No. 18 in B minor No. 19 in A major No. 30 in A major Potpourri No. 4 in B major
Other works	Clarinet Concerto No. 1
Related	Joseph Karl Bernard Eduard Heinrich Gehe [de] Grand opera German Opera
Category