Composer: Backofen, Johann Georg H., 1768-1839
Country of origin: Germany
Title: Quintetto, Op. 9, F-Dur, Fa majeur, F major per Corno di Bassetto, 2 Violini, Viola e Violoncello
Other titles: Quintet in F Major for Basset Horn and String Quartet, Op. 9
Movements: Allegro; Andante con Variazioni
Year(s) composed: {1828 - 1830?}
Publisher: Edition Kneusslin, Basel
Duration (in minutes): 10
Clarinet type: basset horn
Note: Intrnational clarinet Asociation Score Collection catalog no. 3061; See comment below
The composition date is unknown, but the theme for the Andante con Variazioni movement is from an opera by Giovanni Pacini premiered in 1828.
Backofen & Mozart: Theme & Variations (Analekta AN2 9949) profiles the Eybler Quartet (Toronto) with Jane Booth (London, UK). Theme & Variations features Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, K.581 (played on the basset clarinet) and the two quintets by Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen (1764-1839), Op. 15 for clarinet and Op. 9 for basset horn. More details at https://www.analekta.com/fr/album/Backofen-Mozart-Themes-Variations.597.html