PETER GELLHORN STRING QUARTET NO.2 (1935) RCM EDITIONS

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1 PETER GELLHORN STRING QUARTET NO.2 (1935) RCM EDITIONS

2 About RCM Editions RCM Editions are erorming editions o works. They have been created to suort College erormances, recordings and research. They are ublished to bring the works to a wider ublic. About the Peter Gellhorn Project This edition was created as art o the AHRC-unded Cultural Engagement Project Exile Estates Music Restitution: The Musical Legacy o Conductor/Comoser Peter Gellhorn, in collaboration with the International Centre or Suressed Music (ICSM) and the Jewish Music Institute (JMI). Project suervisor: Norbert Meyn Cultural Engagement Fellow: Dr. Terence Curran Advisor (ICSM): Proessor Erik Levi General Editor: Dr. Bruno Bower Assistant Editors: Catherine Cheung, Lison Favard, Ray Leung, Piyawat Louilarrasert, Tim Maryon, Randall Scotting Royal College o Music, London (grahic rights only), and Mary, Barbara, Martin and Phili Gellhorn. All rights reserved. This RCM Edition is suorted by: We would also like to acknowledge the suort o the British Library in roviding access to its collection o Peter Gellhorn s aers.

3 Preace On the manuscrit score o this string quartet Gellhorn gives November 1935, London as the date and lace o comosition. Gellhorn had just arrived in London and worked as a resident volunteer at Toynbee Hall, where he taught music, directed ensembles, and comosed incidental music or the theatre grou. 1 Reerences: Dr. Terence Curran and Norbert Meyn 1. Toynbee Hall Annual Reort, Aendix A: List o Residents; Toynbee Hall Annual Reort, Education and the Arts: The New Music Deartment,. 25. Editorial Statement A collection o Peter Gellhorn s aers, including autograh manuscrits or all o his extant comositions, was donated to the British Library on 30 th Aril 2010 and 20 th July 2011 as Music Deosit 2010/15. The oicial reerence or the collection is now MS Mus. 1800, and a comlete catalogue can be ound at /sheet-music. Alongside sketches and drats, the comosition manuscrits include a number o autograh air coies, written in ink, clearly notated, and with ew corrections, suggesting that Gellhorn intended them to be regarded as authoritative. It has thereore been ossible to make urtext editions o these works, accurately conveying Gellhorn s intentions. Some minor corrections and changes to ormatting have been made so that the scores are ready or use by erormers, in keeing with the ethos o the RCM Editions. On a similar basis, any seciic modiications are outlined in the reace to each work, rather than using editorial brackets in the score, in order to reduce clutter on the age and to ensure easy reading. For an overarching outline o the aroach to transcrition, see The Peter Gellhorn Edition: General Statement, available at and at researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/69/. Sources The Gellhorn Paers contain ive autograh manuscrits or String Quartet No.2, catalogued under MS Mus. 1800/4/1 Orchestral and instrumental music; : a air score, and comlete set o our air arts. The air score has been taken as the rimary coy text, with the air arts consulted to ensure consistency. The air score is written in black and blue ink on 18-stave Keith Prowse (U18, Siestro System) manuscrit aer. The manuscrit is ormed rom seventeen biolios, o which two are interolated, and two interolated olios, making an unbound seventy-two-age booklet measuring 359mm by 263mm. The contents are as ollows:

4 [i]: Title age [ii]: Blank age.1-19: First movement.20-32: Second movement.33-40: Third movement.41-57: Fourth movement [iii-xv]: Blank ages Seciic Editorial Remarks The ollowing minor corrections have been made: Movement 1 measure 61 beat 1: Gellhorn added a shar on the irst trilet quaver in the viola as it was carried rom a tie over a age break. It has been moved to the second trilet quaver here as it is still intended to stand or the whole bar (suorted by the autograh art). Movt.2 m.29 b.3: a slur has been added to the second violin or consistency. Movt.2 m.35 b.1: the F in the cello has been changed to a G to neaten the subsequent tie. Movt.2 m.73 b.1: the demisemiquaver beam in the irst violin has been divided to match the beaming in the second violin and viola. Movt.2 m.104 b.1: a Sul G marking has been removed, the line rom revious bar derived rom the same marking has been extended to cover the two notes. Movt.4 m.32 b.1: a natural has been added to the B in cello to match m.215 and or clarity. Movt.4 mm.67-68: a shar has been added to the C in the second violin or consistency (suorted by the autograh art). Movt.4 m.146: the F in the viola has been changed to an E to neaten the subsequent tie. Movt.4 m.174: slurs have been added to the second violin or consistency. Dr. Bruno Bower

5 String Quartet No.2 I. Peter Gellhorn ( ) Violin I Andante lento q = 42 m Violin II Viola Violoncello 6 11 m 16 z z m z z 2016 Royal College o Music, London (grahic rights only), and Mary, Barbara, Martin and Phili Gellhorn. All rights reserved.

6 6 Allegro h = m m m m 27 z z z z 33 m m m m 39 m m m m

7 45 51 m m m m 3 3 m m m m izz. m 7 60 m m m

8 8 65 # m izz. m m m molto Andante lento q = m 77

9 9 81 m 85 z z z z m 89 Allegro h = m m m 3 3

10 10 97 m b 3 ohne Nachschlag m

11 izz m 123 m 129 z m z m z z m m

12 m m m m m m m 3 m m 3

13 156 m 3 izz. 161 # # b b b b m m m m izz. m # m m m 13

14 molto Andante lento q = m izz. 181 molto izz. izz. izz. II Andante q = 50

15 m m m m m m m m

16 m m m m 47

17 17 51 m m m m m 64

18 18 69 m 73 m m 76 m m m m 78 m m m m m izz. m

19 m m m 89 b 93 m m m m

20 20 97 m m m m Sul G oco iù lento 106

21 Scherzo h. = 92 Allegro Vivace m m III. m izz. m m m m

22 m m m izz m m izz. m

23 m izz. izz. izz m

24 Musette h = m 130 m m m m 140

25 accel. 150 Scherzo da Cao al, oi la Coda al Temo I. 25 izz. m m m Coda () 165 Andante q = 60 senza vibrato senza vibrato senza vibrato senza vibrato IV.

26 attacca: z Allegro molto q. = 152 m z m 27 m izz. izz. m 34 izz. m izz. m m m

27 izz. izz. izz. 64 izz. # senza vibrato

28 28 72 m 80 m m m m m m m

29 izz. m 120 izz. z m m z 127 m m

30 z m m m m 143 m m m 151 m 159 izz. izz. izz. izz.

31 semre semre semre 190 semre

32 izz. izz. izz. 203 z m m 211 izz. izz. m izz. izz. 218 m izz. m m m

33 izz. izz. izz. izz. izz. izz. 247 izz.

34 senza vibrato m m 278

35 286 m m 294 m m m m 302 izz izz. izz. izz. izz. Fine

36 Violin I Andante lento q = 42 m String Quartet No.2 I. Peter Gellhorn ( ) z m 19 Allegro h = 76 m Royal College o Music, London (grahic rights only), and Mary, Barbara, Martin and Phili Gellhorn. All rights reserved.

37 Violin I z m m m 3 3 m m 66 # m

38 Violin I 70 Andante lento q = z 90 Allegro h = 76

39 Violin I m b m

40 Violin I m z m 142 m m

41 Violin I m # # b b 163 b b m m molto Andante lento q = 40 m molto

42 Violin I 4 Andante q = 50 II m m m 56

43 Violin I m m m m m m

44 Violin I 98 m oco iù lento 107 Sul G 9 Scherzo h. = 92 Allegro Vivace 8 m III

45 Violin I m m m

46 Violin I Musette h = m 142 Scherzo da Cao al, oi la Coda 150 accel. al Temo I. Coda 166

47 Violin I 12 Andante q = 60 9 senza vibrato IV. 17 attacca: 24 Allegro molto q. = 152 z m izz. m 53

48 Violin I 58 izz senza vibrato m 101 m

49 Violin I m z m izz z m m semre

50 Violin I 196 izz z m izz. m 237 izz izz.

51 Violin I senza vibrato m m izz.

52 Violin II String Quartet No.2 I. Peter Gellhorn ( ) Andante lento q = z 19 Allegro h = m Royal College o Music, London (grahic rights only), and Mary, Barbara, Martin and Phili Gellhorn. All rights reserved. z m

53 34 39 m 45 m Violin II m Andante lento q = 42 m m 86 z

54 Violin II 4 92 Allegro h = m m

55 z m m Violin II m 3 m m

56 6 177 Andante lento q = 40 Violin II izz. II Andante q = m m

57 Violin II m m 63

58 Violin II m m 78 m m m 92 b m

59 Violin II 95 m oco iù lento 106 Scherzo h. = 92 Allegro Vivace m III m

60 Violin II m 77 m 84 izz

61 Violin II 106 Musette h = m m Scherzo da Cao al, oi la Coda accel. al Temo I. m Coda 165

62 Violin II 12 Andante q = 60 senza vibrato IV attacca: Allegro molto q. = izz. 38 m izz.

63 Violin II m m

64 izz m Violin II m m izz

65 izz semre izz. m 234 Violin II izz.

66 Violin II izz m m

67 Violin II izz.

68 Viola String Quartet No.2 Peter Gellhorn ( ) I. Andante lento q = z 19 Allegro h = 76 m Royal College o Music, London (grahic rights only), and Mary, Barbara, Martin and Phili Gellhorn. All rights reserved.

69 Viola 2 29 z m 37 m m 53 m 59 m 63 65

70 Viola 67 m Andante lento q = z 90

71 Viola Allegro h = m ohne Nachschlag m z

72 Viola m m # m 173

73 Viola Andante lento q = izz. Andante q = 50 II m 24 m 29

74 Viola m

75 8 61 m m m m Viola m 91 m

76 Viola m 103 oco iù lento 107 Scherzo h. = 92 Allegro Vivace 9 m III m

77 Viola izz. 106 Musette h = m

78 Viola Scherzo da Cao al accel. al Temo I. m, oi la Coda Coda 165 Andante q = 60 senza vibrato 8 IV. 16 attacca: 24 Allegro molto q. = 152 z m 29 m izz. 33

79 12 38 Viola m # m m

80 Viola m

81 Viola m m m izz

82 Viola semre izz m 211 izz. 216 izz.

83 Viola m izz m 262

84 Viola m m izz.

85 Violoncello Andante lento q = 42 String Quartet No m 20 Allegro h = z 30 I. Peter Gellhorn ( ) 2016 Royal College o Music, London (grahic rights only), and Mary, Barbara, Martin and Phili Gellhorn. All rights reserved. m m 3 3 z m izz. m m

86 Violoncello 56 m m m 3 3 molto izz. m 73 Andante lento q = z m 90 Allegro h = 76

87 m izz. Violoncello 133 z m

88 138 Violoncello m izz. m m m m m izz. Andante lento q = izz. 182 izz.

89 6 Andante q = 50 II Violoncello 6 11 m m m 49

90 Violoncello m m m 78 izz. m m 104 oco iù lento m m

91 8 Scherzo h. = 92 Allegro Vivace m Violoncello III. izz m izz. m 66 izz. m izz.

92 Violoncello 88 9 m Musette h = m 152 izz. accel. al Temo I. m Scherzo da Cao al, oi la Coda Coda () 165

93 10 Andante q = 60 senza vibrato Violoncello IV attacca: Allegro molto q. = izz. m m izz. 63 izz.

94 Violoncello m izz. m z

95 m m 172 Violoncello izz semre

96 211 izz. m izz Violoncello m izz

97 Violoncello m izz izz.