String Quartet, D887, "Grand Quatuor En Sol Pour Deux Violons, Alto Et Violoncelle, Oeuvre 161"- INSCRIBED BY DIABELLI EDITOR SPINA TO HENRI VIEUXTEMPS

Vienne: Diabelli. [1852]. First edition . Complete parts to Schubert's Quartet no. 15, op. 161, signed and inscribed on the Violino Primo title page by Diabelli publisher Carl Anton Spina to the important Belgian violinist Henri Vieuxtemps: "A monsieur Henry Vieuxtemps par son admirateur le plus dévoué - C.A. Spina." Four parts: 23; 19; 19; 19 pp. Engraved. [PN] 9099. Scattered foxing throughout, small tears and chips around the edges/spine of first violin part, overall very good. 

Schubert wrote his truly monumental quartet no. 15 in only ten days in 1826, and with it paved the way for his large-scale symphonic works. The piece was not performed in public in his lifetime, and was first published posthumously in 1852 by Diabelli.

Anton Spina (1790-1857) started to work with the publisher A. Diabelli in 1824. He handled the commercial part whereas Diabelli cared for the artistic part of the company. In 1850, Carl Anton Spina (1827-1906), son of Anton, became part of the firm as a third associate and soon led the company on his own after the retirement of his father and Diabelli in 1851. 

Vieuxtemps was one of the most important musicians of the 19th century. As one of the greatest of all violin virtuosos, he was compared to Paganini by both Schumann and Berlioz. As a composer, he was an important reformer of the concerto and in this regard, according to Grove, "can be compared to Liszt." At the time of the present publication and inscription, the instrumental music of Schubert was largely untried on European concert stages. Vieuxtemps was an important early performer of some of the Schubert quartets in particular, performing them in London and elsewhere.  (13826)

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