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Among the repertoire for the standard string quintet

String quintet

A string quintet is a musical composition for a standard string quartet supplemented by a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola or a second cello , but occasionally a double bass. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who favoured addition of a viola, is considered a pioneer of the form...

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Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

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Viola

The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...

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Cello

The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

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"Viola" quintets

String quintets with 2 violins, 2 violas and cello

Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
- String Quintet, Op. 29
  String Quintet, Op. 29 (Beethoven)
  The String Quintet, Op. 29 in C major composed by Ludwig van Beethoven was first published in 1801. This work is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola . As the String Quintet, Op. 4 is an extensively reworked arrangement of the earlier Octet for Winds, Op....
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
- String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88
  String Quintet No. 1 (Brahms)
  Johannes Brahms' String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Opus 88 was composed in 1882 in the spa town of Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, and published by the firm of Fritz Simrock. It was first performed at a chamber music evening in Frankfurt-on-Main on 29 December 1882....
- String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
  String Quintet No. 2 (Brahms)
  Johannes Brahms' String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Opus 111 was published in 1890. It is known as the Prater Quintet.Like Brahms' earlier string quintet, Opus 88, it is a viola quintet, scored for two violins, two violas and cello. The work has four movements.The first movement is marked Allegro...
Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, complex polyphony, and considerable length...
- String Quintet in F major, WAB 112
  String Quintet (Bruckner)
  Anton Bruckner's String Quintet in F major, WAB 112 was written in 1879 at the request of Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. and dedicated to Duke Max Emanuel of Bavaria...
Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
- String Quintet in A minor, Op. 1
- String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97
  String Quintet No. 3 (Dvorák)
  The String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97, B. 180, was composed by Antonín Dvořák during the summer he spent in Spillville, Iowa in 1893. It is a "Viola Quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet with an extra viola. It was completed in just over a month, immediately after he wrote his...
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
- String Quintet No. 1
  String Quintet No. 1 (Mendelssohn)
  The String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1826 and revised in 1832. The piece is scored for two violins, two violas and cello.- Movements :Like all of Mendelssohn's string quartets, this work has four movements:...
- String Quintet No. 2
  String Quintet No. 2 (Mendelssohn)
  The String Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1845, when Mendelssohn was around 36 years old. The piece is scored for two violins, two violas and cello.- Movements :...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
- K. 174 in B-flat
  String Quintet No. 1 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 1 in B flat major, K. 174, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in December 1773. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola .Mozart composed this quintet a few months following the composition...
- K. 406/516b in C minor
  String Quintet No. 2 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K. 406/516b, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787, a transcription of his earlier Serenade No. 12, K. 388, for wind octet. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola...
- K. 515 in C
  String Quintet No. 3 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515 is written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola ....
- K. 516 in G minor
  String Quintet No. 4 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola ....
- K. 593 in D
  String Quintet No. 5 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K. 593 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola .-Movements:...
- K. 614 in E-flat
  String Quintet No. 6 (Mozart)
  The String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat major, K. 614, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on April 12, 1791. It is Mozart's last major chamber work. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola .-Movements:The work is in...

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David Baker
- Two Cello String Quintet (1987) Violoncello and string quartet (Commissioned by Janos Starker)
Ludwig von Beethoven
- Kreutzer Sonata for String Quintet (Sikorski, 1832)
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini was an Italian classical era composer and cellist whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No...
- String Quintet Op. 10 No. 1 in A major, G 265
- String Quintet Op. 10 No. 2 in E flat major, G 266
- String Quintet Op. 10 No. 3 in C minor, G 267
- String Quintet Op. 10 No. 4 in C major, G 268
- String Quintet Op. 10 No. 5 in E flat major, G 269
- String Quintet Op. 10 No. 6 in D major, G 270
- String Quintet Op. 11 No. 1 in B flat major, G 271
- String Quintet Op. 11 No. 2 in A major, G 272
- String Quintet Op. 11 No. 3 in C major, G 273
- String Quintet Op. 11 No. 4 in F minor, G 274
- String Quintet Op. 11 No. 5 in E major, G 275
  String Quintet in E (Boccherini)
  The String Quintet in E major, Op. 11, No. 5 , by Luigi Boccherini was written in 1771 and published in 1775. It is one of his most popular works...
- String Quintet Op. 11 No. 6 in D major, G 276
- String Quintet Op. 13 No. 1 in E flat major, G 277
- String Quintet Op. 13 No. 2 in C major, G 278
- String Quintet Op. 13 No. 3 in F major, G 279
- String Quintet Op. 13 No. 4 in D minor, G 280
- String Quintet Op. 13 No. 5 in A major, G 281
- String Quintet Op. 13 No. 6 in E major, G 282
- String Quintet Op. 18 No. 1 in C minor, G 283
- String Quintet Op. 18 No. 2 in D major, G 284
- String Quintet Op. 18 No. 3 in E flat major, G 285
- String Quintet Op. 18 No. 4 in C major, G 286
- String Quintet Op. 18 No. 5 in D minor, G 287
- String Quintet Op. 18 No. 6 in E major, G 288
- String Quintet Op. 20 No. 1 in E flat major, G 289
- String Quintet Op. 20 No. 2 in B flat major, G 290
- String Quintet Op. 20 No. 3 in F major, G 291
- String Quintet Op. 20 No. 4 in G major, G 292
- String Quintet Op. 20 No. 5 in D minor, G 293
- String Quintet Op. 20 No. 6 in A minor, G 294
- String Quintet Op. 25 No. 1 in D minor, G 295
- String Quintet Op. 25 No. 2 in E flat major, G 296
- String Quintet Op. 25 No. 3 in A major, G 297
- String Quintet Op. 25 No. 4 in C major, G 298
- String Quintet Op. 25 No. 5 in D major, G 299
- String Quintet Op. 25 No. 6 in A minor, G 300
- String Quintet Op. 27 No. 1 in A major, G 301
- String Quintet Op. 27 No. 2 in G major, G 302
- String Quintet Op. 27 No. 3 in E minor, G 303
- String Quintet Op. 27 No. 4 in E flat major, G 304
- String Quintet Op. 27 No. 5 in G minor, G 305
- String Quintet Op. 27 No. 6 in B minor, G 306
- String Quintet Op. 28 No. 1 in F major, G 307
- String Quintet Op. 28 No. 2 in A major, G 308
- String Quintet Op. 28 No. 3 in E flat major, G 309
- String Quintet Op. 28 No. 4 in C major, G 310
- String Quintet Op. 28 No. 5 in D minor, G 311
- String Quintet Op. 28 No. 6 in B flat major, G 312
- String Quintet Op. 29 No. 1 in D major, G 313
- String Quintet Op. 29 No. 2 in C minor, G 314
- String Quintet Op. 29 No. 3 in F major, G 315
- String Quintet Op. 29 No. 4 in A major, G 316
- String Quintet Op. 29 No. 5 in E flat major, G 317
- String Quintet Op. 29 No. 6 in G minor, G 318
- String Quintet Op. 30 No. 1 in B flat major, G 319
- String Quintet Op. 30 No. 2 in A minor, G 320
- String Quintet Op. 30 No. 3 in C major, G 321
- String Quintet Op. 30 No. 4 in E flat major, G 322
- String Quintet Op. 30 No. 5 in E minor, G 323
- String Quintet Op. 30 No. 6 in C major ("Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid"), G 324
- String Quintet Op. 31 No. 1 in E flat major, G 325
- String Quintet Op. 31 No. 2 in G major, G 326
- String Quintet Op. 31 No. 3 in B flat major, G 327
- String Quintet Op. 31 No. 4 in C minor, G 328
- String Quintet Op. 31 No. 5 in A major, G 329
- String Quintet Op. 31 No. 6 in F major, G 330
- String Quintet Op. 36 No. 1 in E flat major, G 331
- String Quintet Op. 36 No. 2 in D major, G 332
- String Quintet Op. 36 No. 3 in G major, G 333
- String Quintet Op. 36 No. 4 in A minor, G 334
- String Quintet Op. 36 No. 5 in G minor, G 335
- String Quintet Op. 36 No. 6 in F major, G 336
- String Quintet Op. 39 No. 1 in B flat major, G 337
- String Quintet Op. 39 No. 2 in F major, G 338
- String Quintet Op. 39 No. 3 in D major, G 339
- String Quintet Op. 40 No. 1 in A major, G 340
- String Quintet Op. 40 No. 2 in D major, G 341
- String Quintet Op. 40 No. 3 in D major, G 342
- String Quintet Op. 40 No. 4 in C major, G 343
- String Quintet Op. 40 No. 5 in E minor, G 344
- String Quintet Op. 40 No. 6 in B flat major, G 345
- String Quintet Op. 41 No. 1 in E flat major, G 346
- String Quintet Op. 41 No. 2 in F major, G 347
- String Quintet Op. 42 No. 1 in F minor, G 348
- String Quintet Op. 42 No. 2 in C major, G 349
- String Quintet Op. 42 No. 3 in B minor, G 350
- String Quintet Op. 42 No. 4 in G minor, G 351
- String Quintet Op. 43 No. 1 in E flat major, G 352
- String Quintet Op. 43 No. 2 in D major, G 353
- String Quintet Op. 43 No. 3 in F major, G 354
- String Quintet Op. 45 No. 1 in C minor, G 355
- String Quintet Op. 45 No. 2 in A major, G 356
- String Quintet Op. 45 No. 3 in B flat major, G 357
- String Quintet Op. 45 No. 4 in C major, G 358
- String Quintet Op. 46 No. 1 in B flat major, G 359
- String Quintet Op. 46 No. 2 in D minor, G 360
- String Quintet Op. 46 No. 3 in C major, G 361
- String Quintet Op. 46 No. 4 in G minor, G 362
- String Quintet Op. 46 No. 5 in F major, G 363
- String Quintet Op. 46 No. 6 in E flat major, G 364
- String Quintet Op. 49 No. 1 in D major, G 365
- String Quintet Op. 49 No. 2 in B flat major, G 366
- String Quintet Op. 49 No. 3 in E flat major, G 367
- String Quintet Op. 49 No. 4 in D minor, G 368
- String Quintet Op. 49 No. 5 in E flat major, G 369
- String Quintet Op. 50 No. 1 in A major, G 370
- String Quintet Op. 50 No. 2 in E flat major, G 371
- String Quintet Op. 50 No. 3 in B flat major, G 372
- String Quintet Op. 50 No. 4 in E major, G 373
- String Quintet Op. 50 No. 5 in C major, G 374
- String Quintet Op. 50 No. 6 in B flat major, G 375
- String Quintet Op. 51 No. 1 in E flat major, G 376
- String Quintet Op. 51 No. 2 in C minor, G 377
- String Quintet in C major, G 378
- String Quintet in E minor (from G 407), G 379
- String Quintet in F major (from G 408), G 380
- String Quintet in E flat major (from G 410), G 381
- String Quintet in A minor (from G 412), G 382
- String Quintet in D major (from G 411), G 383
- String Quintet in C major (from G 409), G 384
- String Quintet in D minor (from G 416), G 385
- String Quintet in E minor (from G 417), G 386
- String Quintet in B flat major (from G 414), G 387
- String Quintet in A major (from G 413), G 388
- String Quintet in E minor (from G 415), G 389
- String Quintet in C major (from G 418), G 390
- String Quintet Op. 60 No. 1 in C major, G 391
- String Quintet Op. 60 No. 2 in B flat major, G 392
- String Quintet Op. 60 No. 3 in A major, G 393
- String Quintet Op. 60 No. 4 in E flat major (lost), G 394
- String Quintet Op. 60 No. 5 in G major, G 395
- String Quintet Op. 60 No. 6 in E major, G 396
- String Quintet Op. 62 No. 1 in C major, G 397
- String Quintet Op. 62 No. 2 in E flat major, G 398
- String Quintet Op. 62 No. 3 in F major, G 399
- String Quintet Op. 62 No. 4 in B flat major, G 400
- String Quintet Op. 62 No. 5 in D major, G 401
- String Quintet Op. 62 No. 6 in E major, G 402
- 6 String Quintets from Op. 10, G 265–270, G 403
- 6 String Quintets from Op. 11, G 271–276", G 404
- 6 String Quintets from Op. 18, G 283–288", G 405
- String Quintet in E flat major (lost), G 406

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Henry Eccles
Henry Eccles (composer)
Henry Eccles was an English composer.-Early life:He was the son of John Eccles and Sally Eccles and the grandson of Solomon Eccles.-Accomplishments:...
- Sonata in G minor for cello and strings

(This is actually a sonata for viola da gamba and figured bass and not a string quintet. The version for cello and strings is a transcription. This sonata is also often played in a transcription for cello and piano.)

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Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
- Quintet in C major, Op. 163
  String Quintet (Schubert)
  The String Quintet in C major, D. 956, op. posth. 163, is a piece of chamber music written by Franz Schubert. It was composed during the summer of 1828, two months before his death, and is Schubert's final chamber work. The Quintet was first performed on 17 November 1850 at the Musikverein in...

Adrien-François Servais
Adrien-Francois Servais
Adrien-François Servais was one of the most influential cellists of the nineteenth century. He was born and died in Halle, Belgium.Servais was originally trained as a violinist before switching to the cello...
- Souvenir de Spa for cello and strings

"Double bass" quintets

These quintets are scored for two violins, viola, cello and double bass

Double bass

The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...

Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
- String Quintet in G major, Op. 77
  String Quintet No. 2 (Dvorák)
  Antonín Dvořák's String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Opus 77, was originally composed in early March, 1875 and first performed on March 18, 1876 in Prague at the concert of the Umělecká beseda....

"Viola" quintets

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