string quintet

quintet, a musical composition for five instruments or voices; also, a group of five musicians performing such a composition. Category: Arts & Culture. Related Topics: chamber music string quintet ensemble. See all related content → The string quintet normally includes two violins, two violas, and a cello.

A string quartet is a group of four musicians who play string instruments. The term can also refer to pieces of music composed for a string quartet. Although string quartets can be made up of any string instruments, they are most commonly composed of two violins, one viola, and one cello.

Classical music

• Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in E major, Op.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds, K.
• Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet in A major, D.
• Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op.
• Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.
• Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet No.

The overall effect is a unique blending of drama, serenity and pathos. The second-movement Adagio is surely one of the most moving in all music. The middle strings play a long melody for 28 measures, their message enriched by the expressive figures of the first violin and the pizzicato notes of the second cello.

Notable examples of classic "viola quintets", in four movement form include those of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Other examples were written by composers including Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn. A famous "cello quintet" is Franz Schubert's Quintet in C major. Antonín Dvořák's Quintet Op.

The string quintet normally includes two violins, two violas, and a cello.

quintet, a musical composition for five instruments or voices; also, a group of five musicians performing such a composition. The string quintet normally includes two violins, two violas, and a cello.

As an extension to the string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello), a string quintet includes a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola (a so-called "viola quintet") or a second cello (a "cello quintet"), or occasionally a double bass.

The term string quintet may refer to a group of five players that performs such works. The ensemble was standard in 17th century Italy and can be seen as early as 1607 in Claudio Monteverdi's opera, L'Orfeo.

Like Beethoven, Schubert is a transitional figure. Some of his music - particularly his earlier instrumental compositions - tends toward a more classical approach. However, the melodic and harmonic innovation in his art songs and later instrumental works sit more firmly in the Romantic tradition.

Schubert Composition and publication history The string quintet was composed in the summer or early autumn of 1828, at the same time as Schubert composed his last three piano sonatas and several of the Schwanengesang songs. Schubert completed it in late September or early October, just two months before his death.

The string quintet is a common type of group. It is similar to the string quartet, but with an additional viola, cello, or more rarely, the addition of a double bass. Terms such as “piano quintet” or “clarinet quintet” frequently refer to a string quartet plus a fifth instrument.