Quintet, Op. 115 – Clarinet in A (or Viola) and String Quartet (Parts)

Description

The Clarinet Quintet dates from 1891, the same year as the Clarinet Trio. It was first played in 1891 and published in 1892. The manuscript score resides at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. As of 2018, it seemsto be neither digitized online nor currently published in facsimile. We carry a Dover score of the Quintet, in a book entitled “Complete Chamber Music for Strings and Clarinet Quintet,” reproducing Volume 7of the Breitkopf Complete Works edition of 1927 (Dover/Alfred 219143).The Peters set of parts appears to be the last survivor in print of a series of Brahms chamber works edited by the Gewandhaus Quartet, the string quartet of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig. This practical performing edition of the Clarinet Quintet dates from 1925 and will be of special interest to string players. A solo viola part is included as an alternative to the clarinet.