Six quintetti pour deux violons, deux altos et violoncelle vol. 2 - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791 (Paris Janet Cotelle, 1810)
Complete set of parts from a larger collection; contains the 'quintetti' 4-6 (the pages in the folder are numbered 92-115 [vn1], 78-95 [vn2], 78-95 [vla1], 18-33 [vla2], 74-89 [basso])
the third work, in B flat major, is an arrangement of the Divertimento for 2vn, vla vc and 2hrn KV 287/281b (1777), published previously by Artaria and André in 1793
title page of violino 1 bears stamp signature of Al[exandre] Cotelle
title page of violino 2 has a manuscript note "3 Quintetti [illegible] de l'édition Litolff
Pierre-Honoré Janet (?-1832) and Alexandre Cotelle (1786-1858) operated as an association from 1810 until Cotelle's death in 1832
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Instrumental music; String quintet; Arrangement