String quintet repertoire

The string quintet normally comprises the four instruments of the standard string quartet (2 violins, viola, and cello), plus one additional instrument. This additional instrument may be a viola, cello or double bass. Of these three different combinations, the string quintet with a second viola has the widest repertoire and may be referred to as the standard string quintet. The other two combinations have far fewer important works, though the combination with two cellos includes the string quintet by Schubert, which is widely considered the greatest of all string quintets.

Ordering in each section is by surname of composer. These lists should be complete for major composers and their string quintets. For secondary or minor composers, the lists are not exhaustive but those shown may be taken as representative examples. For recent or living composers, no attempt has been made at completeness.

"Viola" quintets

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String quintets with 2 violins, 2 violas and cello

"Cello" quintets

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String quintets with 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos

  • David Baker (1931-2016)
    • Two Cello String Quintet (1987) Violoncello and string quartet (Commissioned by Janos Starker)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Kreutzer Sonata arranged for String Quintet (Simrock, 1832)
  • Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
    • String Quintet Op. 10 No. 1 in A major, G 265
    • String Quintet Op. 10 No. 2 in E flat major, G 266
    • String Quintet Op. 10 No. 3 in C minor, G 267
    • String Quintet Op. 10 No. 4 in C major, G 268
    • String Quintet Op. 10 No. 5 in E flat major, G 269
    • String Quintet Op. 10 No. 6 in D major, G 270
    • String Quintet Op. 11 No. 1 in B flat major, G 271
    • String Quintet Op. 11 No. 2 in A major, G 272
    • String Quintet Op. 11 No. 3 in C major, G 273
    • String Quintet Op. 11 No. 4 in F minor, G 274
    • String Quintet Op. 11 No. 5 in E major, G 275 (This quintet includes the well-known "Boccherini's Minuet")
    • String Quintet Op. 11 No. 6 in D major ("L'uccelliera" - "Bird Sanctuary"), G 276
    • String Quintet Op. 13 No. 1 in E flat major, G 277
    • String Quintet Op. 13 No. 2 in C major, G 278
    • String Quintet Op. 13 No. 3 in F major, G 279
    • String Quintet Op. 13 No. 4 in D minor, G 280
    • String Quintet Op. 13 No. 5 in A major, G 281
    • String Quintet Op. 13 No. 6 in E major, G 282
    • String Quintet Op. 18 No. 1 in C minor, G 283
    • String Quintet Op. 18 No. 2 in D major, G 284
    • String Quintet Op. 18 No. 3 in E flat major, G 285
    • String Quintet Op. 18 No. 4 in C major, G 286
    • String Quintet Op. 18 No. 5 in D minor, G 287
    • String Quintet Op. 18 No. 6 in E major, G 288
    • String Quintet Op. 20 No. 1 in E flat major, G 289
    • String Quintet Op. 20 No. 2 in B flat major, G 290
    • String Quintet Op. 20 No. 3 in F major, G 291
    • String Quintet Op. 20 No. 4 in G major, G 292
    • String Quintet Op. 20 No. 5 in D minor, G 293
    • String Quintet Op. 20 No. 6 in A minor, G 294
    • String Quintet Op. 25 No. 1 in D minor, G 295
    • String Quintet Op. 25 No. 2 in E flat major, G 296
    • String Quintet Op. 25 No. 3 in A major, G 297
    • String Quintet Op. 25 No. 4 in C major, G 298
    • String Quintet Op. 25 No. 5 in D major, G 299
    • String Quintet Op. 25 No. 6 in A minor, G 300
    • String Quintet Op. 27 No. 1 in A major, G 301
    • String Quintet Op. 27 No. 2 in G major, G 302
    • String Quintet Op. 27 No. 3 in E minor, G 303
    • String Quintet Op. 27 No. 4 in E flat major, G 304
    • String Quintet Op. 27 No. 5 in G minor, G 305
    • String Quintet Op. 27 No. 6 in B minor, G 306
    • String Quintet Op. 28 No. 1 in F major, G 307
    • String Quintet Op. 28 No. 2 in A major, G 308
    • String Quintet Op. 28 No. 3 in E flat major, G 309
    • String Quintet Op. 28 No. 4 in C major, G 310
    • String Quintet Op. 28 No. 5 in D minor, G 311
    • String Quintet Op. 28 No. 6 in B flat major, G 312
    • String Quintet Op. 29 No. 1 in D major, G 313
    • String Quintet Op. 29 No. 2 in C minor, G 314
    • String Quintet Op. 29 No. 3 in F major, G 315
    • String Quintet Op. 29 No. 4 in A major, G 316
    • String Quintet Op. 29 No. 5 in E flat major, G 317
    • String Quintet Op. 29 No. 6 in G minor, G 318
    • String Quintet Op. 30 No. 1 in B flat major, G 319
    • String Quintet Op. 30 No. 2 in A minor, G 320
    • String Quintet Op. 30 No. 3 in C major, G 321
    • String Quintet Op. 30 No. 4 in E flat major, G 322
    • String Quintet Op. 30 No. 5 in E minor, G 323
    • String Quintet Op. 30 No. 6 in C major ("Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid"), G 324
    • String Quintet Op. 31 No. 1 in E flat major, G 325
    • String Quintet Op. 31 No. 2 in G major, G 326
    • String Quintet Op. 31 No. 3 in B flat major, G 327
    • String Quintet Op. 31 No. 4 in C minor, G 328
    • String Quintet Op. 31 No. 5 in A major, G 329
    • String Quintet Op. 31 No. 6 in F major, G 330
    • String Quintet Op. 36 No. 1 in E flat major, G 331
    • String Quintet Op. 36 No. 2 in D major, G 332
    • String Quintet Op. 36 No. 3 in G major, G 333
    • String Quintet Op. 36 No. 4 in A minor, G 334
    • String Quintet Op. 36 No. 5 in G minor, G 335
    • String Quintet Op. 36 No. 6 in F major, G 336
    • String Quintet Op. 39 No. 1 in B flat major, G 337
    • String Quintet Op. 39 No. 2 in F major, G 338
    • String Quintet Op. 39 No. 3 in D major, G 339
    • String Quintet Op. 40 No. 1 in A major, G 340
    • String Quintet Op. 40 No. 2 in D major, G 341
    • String Quintet Op. 40 No. 3 in D major, G 342
    • String Quintet Op. 40 No. 4 in C major, G 343
    • String Quintet Op. 40 No. 5 in E minor, G 344
    • String Quintet Op. 40 No. 6 in B flat major, G 345
    • String Quintet Op. 41 No. 1 in E flat major, G 346
    • String Quintet Op. 41 No. 2 in F major, G 347
    • String Quintet Op. 42 No. 1 in F minor, G 348
    • String Quintet Op. 42 No. 2 in C major, G 349
    • String Quintet Op. 42 No. 3 in B minor, G 350
    • String Quintet Op. 42 No. 4 in G minor, G 351
    • String Quintet Op. 43 No. 1 in E flat major, G 352
    • String Quintet Op. 43 No. 2 in D major, G 353
    • String Quintet Op. 43 No. 3 in F major, G 354
    • String Quintet Op. 45 No. 1 in C minor, G 355
    • String Quintet Op. 45 No. 2 in A major, G 356
    • String Quintet Op. 45 No. 3 in B flat major, G 357
    • String Quintet Op. 45 No. 4 in C major, G 358
    • String Quintet Op. 46 No. 1 in B flat major, G 359
    • String Quintet Op. 46 No. 2 in D minor, G 360
    • String Quintet Op. 46 No. 3 in C major, G 361
    • String Quintet Op. 46 No. 4 in G minor, G 362
    • String Quintet Op. 46 No. 5 in F major, G 363
    • String Quintet Op. 46 No. 6 in E flat major, G 364
    • String Quintet Op. 49 No. 1 in D major, G 365
    • String Quintet Op. 49 No. 2 in B flat major, G 366
    • String Quintet Op. 49 No. 3 in E flat major, G 367
    • String Quintet Op. 49 No. 4 in D minor, G 368
    • String Quintet Op. 49 No. 5 in E flat major, G 369
    • String Quintet Op. 50 No. 1 in A major, G 370
    • String Quintet Op. 50 No. 2 in E flat major, G 371
    • String Quintet Op. 50 No. 3 in B flat major, G 372
    • String Quintet Op. 50 No. 4 in E major, G 373
    • String Quintet Op. 50 No. 5 in C major, G 374
    • String Quintet Op. 50 No. 6 in B flat major, G 375
    • String Quintet Op. 51 No. 1 in E flat major, G 376
    • String Quintet Op. 51 No. 2 in C minor, G 377
    • String Quintet in C major, G 378
    • String Quintet in E minor (from G 407), G 379
    • String Quintet in F major (from G 408), G 380
    • String Quintet in E flat major (from G 410), G 381
    • String Quintet in A minor (from G 412), G 382
    • String Quintet in D major (from G 411), G 383
    • String Quintet in C major (from G 409), G 384
    • String Quintet in D minor (from G 416), G 385
    • String Quintet in E minor (from G 417), G 386
    • String Quintet in B flat major (from G 414), G 387
    • String Quintet in A major (from G 413), G 388
    • String Quintet in E minor (from G 415), G 389
    • String Quintet in C major (from G 418), G 390
    • String Quintet Op. 60 No. 1 in C major, G 391
    • String Quintet Op. 60 No. 2 in B flat major, G 392
    • String Quintet Op. 60 No. 3 in A major, G 393
    • String Quintet Op. 60 No. 4 in E flat major (lost), G 394
    • String Quintet Op. 60 No. 5 in G major, G 395
    • String Quintet Op. 60 No. 6 in E major, G 396
    • String Quintet Op. 62 No. 1 in C major, G 397
    • String Quintet Op. 62 No. 2 in E flat major, G 398
    • String Quintet Op. 62 No. 3 in F major, G 399
    • String Quintet Op. 62 No. 4 in B flat major, G 400
    • String Quintet Op. 62 No. 5 in D major, G 401
    • String Quintet Op. 62 No. 6 in E major, G 402
    • String Quintet in E flat major (lost), G 406
    • Also: "String Quintet in C major" put together by Johann Lauterbach (1832-1918) from unrelated Boccherini string quintet movements
  • Aleksandr Borodin (1833-87)
    • String Quintet in F minor (1853-4: unfinished; completed by O. Evlakhov)
  • Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
    • String Quintet in E minor (1837)
  • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-99)
    • Six string quintets
  • Henry Eccles (1670-1742)
    • Sonata in G minor for cello and strings
      (This is actually a sonata for viola da gamba and figured bass and not a string quintet. The version for cello and strings is a transcription. This sonata is also often played in a transcription for cello and piano.)
  • Aleksandr Glazunov (1865-1936)
    • String Quintet in A major, Op. 39 (1891-2)
  • Karl Goldmark (1820-1915)
    • String Quintet in A minor, Op. 9 (1862)
  • Jay Greenberg (born 1991)
    • String Quintet (2005)
  • George Onslow (1784-1853)
    • Twenty-two string quintets
    • Three further string quintets with two versions, either for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos or for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
  • Anton Reicha (1770-1836)
    • Three string quintets
  • Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
  • Peter Seabourne (born 1960)
  • Adrien-François Servais (1807-66)
    • Souvenir de Spa for cello and strings
  • Sergey Taneyev (1856-1915)
    • String Quintet no. 1 in G major, Op. 14 (1900–01)

"Double bass" quintets

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String quintets with two violins, viola, cello and double bass

See also

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Sources

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  • Grove Music Online
  • Jeffery, Paul 'A Player's Guide to Chamber Music' (Robert Hale, 2017)
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