Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...

wrote four pieces for

string quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...

that were published together as his “Opus 81” after his death. They have at times wrongly been presented as a single work, even as his “String Quartet No. 7”: *'' Tema con variazioni (Andante sostenuto)'' in E Major, Op. 81/1, written in 1847; *'' Scherzo (Allegro leggiero)'' in A Minor, Op. 81/2, also from 1847; *'' Capriccio (Andante con moto)'' in E Minor, Op. 81/3, from 1843; and the earlierCooper, John Michael.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Guide to Research: with an Introduction to Research Concerning Fanny Hensel
'. United Kingdom, Routledge, 2001. 253. *

Fugue In music, a fugue () is a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches) and which recurs frequently in the c ...

''(A tempo ordinario)'' in E-flat Major, Op. 81/4, written in 1827.

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* String quartets by Felix Mendelssohn 1847 compositions Compositions by Felix Mendelssohn published posthumously {{chamber-composition-stub