a string quintet is a musical composition for a standard string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello) supplemented by a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola (a so-called "viola quintet") or a second cello (a "cello quintet"), but occasionally a double bass. the form was standard in 17th century italy and can be seen as early as 1607 in claudio monteverdi's opera, l'orfeo. most famous of the cello quintets is franz schubert's quintet in c major. antonÃ­n dvoÅÃ¡k's quintet op.&nbsp;77 uses a double bass, and mozart's famous eine kleine nachtmusik may be performed with this instrumentation (the double bass being optional). alternative additions include clarinet or piano (see clarinet quintet, piano quintet); and other closely related chamber music genres include the string quartet (much more common), the string trio, and the string sextet. a more unusual form of string quintet is the violin quintet composed of 3 violins, a viola and a cello (thus a string quartet with an additional violin). in some cases the first violin has a soloist role: such works may be labeled as "for violin and string quartet". many composers famous for their string quartets&nbsp;â such as joseph haydn (pioneer of the quartet genre), bÃ©la bartÃ³k, paul hindemith, and dmitri shostakovich&nbsp;â never composed a string quintet. the term string quintet may refer to a group of five players that performs such works. it can also be applied to the standard five-part orchestral string section: first violins, second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. ==list of viola quintets== *arnold bax â one viola quintet (1933) *ludwig van beethoven â viola quintet, op. 29, sometimes called the storm quintet; a fugue in d major for viola quintet, op. 137; an arrangement of his octet for viola quintet, op. 4 (the original octet was later published as op.103); an arrangement of his piano trio op. 1 no. 3 for viola quintet, op. 104 *luigi boccherini â twelve original viola quintets, arrangements of all twelve of his piano quintets (op.56 and op.57) for viola quintet. *johannes brahms â two viola quintets, op. 88 and op. 111; the clarinet quintet op. 115 may be performed with a viola substituting for the clarinet *max bruch â one viola quintet in a minor *anton bruckner â string quintet in f major (1879); intermezzo in d minor (substitute for the scherzo) *antonÃ­n dvoÅÃ¡k â two viola quintets, op.
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