R. Wagner- String Quartet

[neoss119]

Hey,

I read that Wagner composed one String Quartet (in D Major). I checked a few libraries and they don't have it. Have you heard of it? Seen it? Have access to it?

Please, let me know.

Sincerely,
Maciej

[Melodia]

My list shows his string quartet as lost.

Do you perchance mean Verdi?

[daphnis]

No, there are partial sketches which were reconstructed by a fellow who only died recently. Needless to say, any print editions of such a string quartet by Wagner are under copyright worldwide.

[jfarrington]

In 1947, Gerald Abraham published a Wagner quartet movement (Oxford) that was a "conjectural reconstruction" of a sketch from 1864. Apparently the theme was later used in Act 3 of Siegfried. It seems to be a score picked up by relatively few libraries, but you should be able to obtain it through ILL.

[daphnis]

That was the one, thanks Jim. Abraham died in 1988, so again, it'd be protected worldwide.

[fjones]

He did - you can buy it from Allegro:
Score: http://allegro.co.uk/quartet-movement-157663.html
Parts: http://allegro.co.uk/quartet-movement-157664.html

My copy is on its way, so I don' tknow what it is like yet. but it is not expensive.

fj