Mendelssohn String Quintets Parts EB

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy devoted to the string quintet genre only two works sharing quite a few formal and musical similarities, though they were composed almost two decades apart.In view of Mendelssohn's strong revising obsession, the quintets posed some challanges to the editor.The set of parts includes beside the second String Quintet in B flat major both the complete early version of the first Quintet in A major, so that both versions can be played as independent works.Appearing alongside the parts edition to facilitate further engagement with the music text is also a study score.