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B ä r e n r e i t e r
Quatuor à cordes
op. 121
Bärenreiter
U r t e x t
Gabriel Fauré
Quatuor à cordes op. 121
• Gabriel Fauré’s only string quartet which was composed in
1923-24 is the composer’s final work and was written at the
suggestion of his publisher Jacques Durand. Until then, Fauré
had always put off writing a string quartet, evidently because
of Beethoven’s imposing shadow.
When Fauré composed the quartet he was already extremely ill.
He added dynamics and slurs only in some parts of the exposition
of the first movement and then asked his former pupil Jean Roger-
Ducasse to complete the work. Roger-Ducasse’s additions were
however very extensive; he even altered and supplemented
some of Fauré’s own markings in the exposition.
Bärenreiter’s first ever scholarly critical edition of the quartet
utilises all sources including the composer’s letters which
provide valuable insights into the origins of the composition.
In particular, Fauré’s penultimate work, the Piano Trio op. 120,
was used to guide the editor with his emendations.
Violon I
Violon II
Alto
Violoncelle
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QUATUOR À CORDES
Op. 121
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Allegro moderato (h = 76)
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BA 9464
• First scholarly-critical edition of this work
• High-quality Urtext edition based on
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• Standard repertoire work for every string quartet
• Foreword (Eng/Fr/Ger)
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À Camille Bellaigue
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© 2010 by Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel
Gabriel Fauré
Quatuor à cordes op. 121
Bärenreiter Urtext
Edited by James W. Sobaskie
BA 7901
Parts in slipcover approx. E 34.95
TP 412
Study score approx. E 14.95
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