Fesca, Friederick Ernst - Five String Quartets: Op. 1, nos. 1-3; Op.

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Fesca, Friederick Ernst (1789-1826)

Name: Fesca, Friederick Ernst - Five String Quartets: Op. 1, nos. 1-3; Op.
SKU: MUS-09774
Price: 500.00 USD
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Five String Quartets: Op. 1, nos. 1-3; Op. 37; Op. 38.

Large quarto. Disbound. In fine condition.

CONTENTS:

- Trois Quatuors pour deux Violons, Alto, et Violoncelle composés et dédiés à C. A. Fesca par son frère F. E. Fesca. Oeuvre I [nos. 1-3]. (Vienna: Mechetti, [c. 1815]. Pl.n. 345. 23+17+15+15 pp.).

- Quatuor pour deux Violons Alto & Violoncelle composé par F.E. Fesca. Oeuv. [38]. (Paris: Richault, [1825]. Pl.n. 1011R, 1023R. Paginated 166-75 + 138-45 + 128-33 + 154-60 pp.).

- Quatuor pour deux Violons Alto & Violoncelle composé par F.E. Fesca. Oeuv. [37]. (Paris: Richault, [1825]. Pl.n. 1011R, 1022R. Paginated 154-65 + 131-37 + 120-25 + 147-53 pp.).

Complete set of four parts. Title page on violin part of Op. 1 bears an attactive engraved vignette of two putti, one holding a harp, the other writing a music manuscript. Op. 38 is bound in each of the four complete parts between Op. 1 and Op. 37. Opp. 37-38 both have metronome markings and are respectively designated Fesca's 17th and 18th quartets.

Fesca was a violinist and composer who published no fewer than sixteen string quartets, and whose chamber music was admired by Spohr, Weber, and Rochlitz. His works are virtually unknown today.

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