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    George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931)


    CHAMBER WORKS:

    String Quartet no.1, g (op. 1, 1877-78)

    Scores: 
    String Quartets of George Whitefield Chadwick, 1-3 Marianne Betz, ed. Recent Researches in American Music, 58. (Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2006). Score and parts. 

    N.B. A-R Editions is willing to offer a discount on the purchase of scores/parts and to reduce the rental fees on orchestral parts for ensembles interested in using one of their publications for a FAMI-related project. For further information, contact James Zychowicz, permissions manager at A-R Editions (james.zychowicz@areditions.com).

    IMSLP (holograph MS)

    Recordings: 

    Movement 1 (Allegro con bio) only. Portland String Quartet, 1988
    Portland String Quartet. String Quartets 1-2.  Northeastern Records. NR 236-CD
    DISCOGS
    AllMusic 

    String Quartet no.2, C (op. 2, 1878)

    Scores: See above under String Quartet #1
    IMSLP (holograph MS)

    Recordings: 
    Portland String Quartet. String Quartets 1-2. Northeastern Records. NR 236-CD
    DISCOGS
    AllMusic 

    String Quartet no.3, D (1882-86)

    Scores: See above under String Quartet #1
    IMSLP (holograph MS)

    Recordings: 
    Portland String Quartet. Northeastern Records, NR 235 CD
    AllMusic

    Quintet, E♭ (pf, 2 vn, va, vc) (1888)

    Scores:  Boston: A.P. Schmidt, 1890
    IMSLP. Piano score and string parts. 

    Recordings: 
    Virginia Eskin and the Portland String Quartet. Allegro sostenuto (0:00); Andante cantabile (9:36); Intermezzo. Allegretto un poco risoluto (19:21); Finale. Allegro energico (26:23)
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    AllMusic

    String Quartet no.4, e (1895-96)

    Scores: String Quartets of George Whitefield Chadwick, 1-3 Marianne Betz, ed. Recent Researches in American Music, 60. (Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2007). Score and parts. 

    N.B. A-R Editions is willing to offer a discount on the purchase of scores/parts and to reduce the rental fees on orchestral parts for ensembles interested in using one of their publications for a FAMI-related project. For further information, contact James Zychowicz, permissions manager at A-R Editions (james.zychowicz@areditions.com).

    IMSLP: New York: G. Schirmer, 1902. Parts only

    Recordings: 
    Kohon Quartet. Andante moderato; Andante semplice (6:49); Giocoso, un poco moderato (12:45); Finale: Allegro molto risoluto (19:30)
    Portland String Quartet. String Quartets 4-5. Northeastern Records NR 234 CD
    AllMusic

    String Quartet no.5, d (1898) Wc (Sm 1888)

    Scores: See above under String Quartet #4 for modern edition
    IMSLP

    1. Holograph MS
    2. Handwritten parts by Franz Kneisel, privately printed in Germany [1910]
    3. Herndon: Frederick Ruert, 2023. Frederick Rupert, ed.

    Recordings: 
    Portland String Quartet. String Quartets 4-5. Northeastern Records NR 234 CD
    AllMusic

    Romanze, vc, pf (1911)

    Scores: Boston: A.P. Schmidt, 1911
    Modern publication: Alfred Music.  

    Recordings: None known

    Easter Morn: Reverie for Violin and Piano (vn/vc, pf; arr. 4 vn, harp, org, Bc

    Scores:  Boston: A.P. Schmidt, ?1914.
    Modern publication: Alfred Music. Master String Series, LudwigMasters. ISBN: 979-8-88-852645-3

    Recording: None known

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