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Additional authors

1. Cramer, J. B. (Johann Baptist), 1771-1858.
2. Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.
3. Abel, Karl Friedrich, 1723-1787.
4. Broadwood, Thomas
5. Drexel collection

Description

1. 3 preliminary leaves, score (2-15 pages), [5] pages, score (16-19 pages); 31 cm

Uniform title

1. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, op. 15. Selections

Alternative title

1. Quartets, op. 15.

Subject

1. String quartets > Excerpts > Scores
2. Canons, fugues, etc. (String quartet) > Scores
3. Chamber music
4. Piano music, Arranged

Genre/Form

1. Chamber music.

Call number

1. Drexel 5268

Note

1. Cramer's autograph on title page.
2. Contains "A sketch of the life of Charles Frederic Abel by the late Dr. Burney"; the 2d movements of the quartets, op. 15, nos. 1, 2, 3, and 6; piano reductions by J.B. Cramer of the 2d movements of nos. 1, 3, 4, and 6 from the same opus; and 4 "exercises in the fugue style" for string quartet by J.B. Cramer.
3. "...by whom this work, is inscribed with sentiments of much esteem to his friend Thos. Broadwood, esqr."

Author

1. Abel, Karl Friedrich, 1723-1787, composer.

Title

1. These adagio's, the composition of (the late) C.F. Abel, are now published as a tribute of respect to his memory, by his surviving and grateful pupil, J.B. Cramer ...

Publisher

1. London : Printed for the proprietor, by the Royal Harmonic Institution, [1820]

Type of content

1. notated music

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Language

1. Staff notation.

Local note

1. NYPL copy contains additional material concerning Cramer after page 19: a lithograph portrait, biography (as published in The harmonicon), music manuscript facsimile, and a solicitation for a "monument to the memory of the late John Baptist Cramer."

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Added author

1. Cramer, J. B. (Johann Baptist), 1771-1858.
2. Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.
3. Abel, Karl Friedrich, 1723-1787. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, op. 15. Selections; arranged.
4. Broadwood, Thomas, dedicatee.
5. Drexel collection.

Publisher no.

1. 626 Royal Harmonic Institution

Research call number

1. Drexel 5268