Edition Eulenburg QUINTET C major for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Violoncellos FRANZ SCHUBERT Op. 163 - D.956 Revised by Max Hochkofler Foreword by Wilhelm Altmann Ernst Eulenburg Ltd., London - Ernst Eulenburg & Co.GmbH, Mainz Edition Eulenburg GmbH, Ziirich - Edition Eulenburg Inc., New YorkI. Allegro ma non troppo............... 1 I Adagio = 29 III. Scherzo: Presto — Trio: Andante sostenuto 44 IV. Allegretto.........0.cccecceseereeeees 55 PRINTED BY THE SOHO PRESS, LONDON, W.!.SCHUBERT STRING QUINTET C MAJOR, OP. 163 Not even Prof. Alois Fellner of Vienna, who had most carefully collected all the notes about Schubert's life and works,was able to tell me any details about the history of the origin of the String Quintet, op. 163, It is neither mentioned in Schu- bert’s scanty correspondence, nor in his friend Bauernfeld’s diarynor in other con- temporary writings. Itis generally suggested to have been written in 1828, the year the composer, to whose maturest works it un- doubtedly belongs, died. The manuscript has. disappeared. The work was issued, only in paris, in the year 1853 by Diabelli& Co. of Vienna, which firm in the following year passed into the hands of C. A. Spina. The first performance took place at a quatfet re- cital byGeorg Hellmesberger (father) on Nov. 17th 1850. The wonderful work, the slow movement and Trio of the Scherzo of which are unparalleled in their style, did not obtain further circulation till the publisher C. F. Peters of Leipzig had issued it in a cheap edition in 1871. The same publisher in 1874 brought out a good arrangement of this Quintet for Piano Trio by Friedr. Hermann. Several arrangements for piano duet are in existance. Berlin In the shortly before published 2nd print of the 3rd volume of Brahms’ correspondence (page 1291). 1 have for the first time published a letter written by Brahms, dated Jan. 5th 1897, in which he sharply protests towards Her- mann Deiters against the opinion that a symphony by Schubert then existing at Koblenz might be the original of the String Quintet op. 163, The de- licate feeling musician Deiters, and atso the conductor Conrad Heubner of Koblenz (died 1905), were inclined to think so. Whoever knows the Quintet exactly will certainly agree with Brahme that it cannot ‘be an arrangement by the composer him- self. Anyhow it was interesting again to examine the alleged symphony, but the manuscript of the latter has also dis- appeared. As afterwards I became aware, from a letter written by Geh. Regierungs- rat Deiters (died 1907) to Brahms, it was not written by Schubert himself, but came from the heritage of the con- ductor Lenz (died 1865 at Koblenz), who is said often to have altered the ofiginal instrumentation without judg- ‘ment or a sense of duty. Prof, Wilhelm AltmannSCHUBERT STREICHQUINTETT C DUR OP. 163 Selbst Professor Alois Fellner in Wien, der mit Bienenfleif} alle Notizen aber Franz Schuberts Leben und Werke zu- sammengetragen hat, vermochte mir nichts Naheres fiber die Entstehungsge- schichte des Streichquintetts op. 163 mit- zuteilen. In Schuberts sparlichem Brief- wechsel, im Tagebuch seines Freundes Bauernfeld und in anderen zeitgends- sischen Quellen ist es nicht erwahnt. Man nimmt aligemein an, dafy es 1828, also im Todesjahr des Komponisten, ent- standen ist, zu dessen reifsten Werken es unstreitig gehdrt, Die Originalhand- schrift ist verschollen. Brachienen ist das Quintett, und zwar nur in Stimmen, erst im Jahre 1853 in Wien bei Diabelli & Co., welche Firma im folgenden Jahre an C. A. Spina diberging. Die erste Auf- fahrung hatte in einem Quartettabend Georg Hellmesbergers (des Vaters) am 17, November 1850 bereits stattgefunden. Grofjere Verbreitung erlangte das herrliche Werk, dessen langsamer Satz und Trio des Scherzos in ihrer Art einzig sind, erst, nachdem es 1871 von dem Verlag C. F. Peters in Leipzig in einer billigen Ausgabe veroffentlicht worden war. Der- selbe Verlag hatdann 1874 eine gelungene Bearbeitung des Quintetts fair Klaviertrio von Friedrich Hermann herausgebracht; Berlin Nr. 15 Arrangements fiir Klavier zu 4 Handen sind mehriach vorhanden. In der kirzlich erschienenen zweiten Auflage des 3. Bandes des Brahmsschen Briefwechsels habe ich Seite 1291. erst- malig einen Brief von Brahms verdlfent- licht, in dem dieser sich gegen Hermann Deiters scharf dagegen ausspricht, daf eine in Koblenz damals vorhandene Schu- bertsche Sinfonie das Original des Streit quintetts op. 163 sei. Zu letzterer An- nahme hatte der so feinsinnige Musiker Deiters und auch der Koblenzer Musik- direktor Conrad Heubner (+ 1905) geneigt. Wer das Quintett genau kennt, wird Brahms wohl darin beipflichten, dafy es kein vom Komponisten selbst herrihren- des Arrangement sein kann. Immerhin lohnte es sich, die angebliche Sinfonie noch einmal genau zu untersuchen, doch ist deren Handschrift zur Zeit auch ver- schollen. 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