String Quintet in F major, WAB 112

Anton Bruckner · 1824–1896 · Austrian

For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello

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Ensemble: String quintet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 44 min
Composed: 1878–79
Era: Late Romantic

Notes

Bruckner's only mature chamber work; two violas; Scherzo and Adagio swap places in the 1884 revision

About this work

Composed: 1878–79
Dedicated to: Herzoge Max Emanuel in Bayern
First performed: 17 November 1881 in Vienna: Winkler Quartet (first three movements)

Gemäßigt
Scherzo: Schnell
Adagio
Finale: Lebhaft bewegt

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