String Quintet (Bruckner) revised, 1992 edition of "The Essence of Bruckner", withdrew the reservations he had expressed about this work in the first two editions of that work and declared it "one of the most idiosyncratic but deepest chamber works since Beethoven." Anton Bruckner composed his string quintet (WAB 112) in the years 1878 and 1879. In a letter dated 9 December 1878 to Wilhelm Tappert in Berlin, he mentions a new work that he was working on: "Currently I am writing a string quintet in F major, as Hellmesberger repeatedly and urgently requested me, who is known to rave about my stuff.
Quintet for Piano and Winds (Beethoven) transcription of the Op. 16 quintet as a string quartet which they designated as the composers Op. 75. Quintet for Piano and Winds (Beethoven) Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds, Op. 16, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1796. The quintet is scored for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. It is alleged to be inspired by Mozart's Quintet, K. 452 (1784), which has the same scoring and is also in E-flat. It is in three movements: The performance takes around 23-27 minutes. Beethoven subsequently transcribed the Op. 16 quintet as a quartet for piano and string trio