Franz Schubert
Scherzo
from String Quintet D. 956 for String Orchestra
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Franz Schubert
Scherzo
from String Quintet D. 956 for String Orchestra
- Instrumentation String Orchestra
- Composer Franz Schubert
- Editor Robert Debbaut
- Series Southern Music Strings
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score
- Publisher Southern Music Company
- Order no. 01868698
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Description:
The String Quintet in C major (D.956, Op. Posth. 163) is Schubert's final chamber work. It is sometimes called the Cello Quintet because unlike the standard string quintet, which includes an extra viola, this work adds an extra cello. Completed just two months prior to the composer's death, it did not receive its first performance until 1850. The third movement Scherzo - itself close to eleven minutes in length - comprises two large sections, with a repeat of the first section to create a fast-slow-fast format. This version for advanced string orchestra condenses the performance time to about five minutes while retaining all the essential melodic mastery of Schubert.