Mozart: The Ten Celebrated String Quartets

Description

• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
• Editor: Ludwig Finscher
• Instrumentation: String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)
• Binding:
• ISMN: 9790006455454
• Size: 9.6 x 12.2 inches
• Pages: 307
• Urtext / Critical Edition

Description

The present volume contains those ten string quartets of Mozart which have become famous as the composer’s greatest contribution to the medium and which are frequently performed in public. According to the dates of their composition and publication they may be divided into three groups: the six “Haydn” Quartets K.387, 421 (417b), 458, 428 (421b), 464 and 465; the so-called Hoffmeister Quartet K.499 and the three “Prussian” Quartets, K.575, 589 and 590.

Works:

• String Quartet in G Major, K. 387
• String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 (417b)
• String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 458
• String Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428 (421b)
• String Quartet in A Major, K. 464
• String Quartet in C Major, K. 465
• String Quartet in D Major (“Hoffmeister”), K. 499
• String Quartet in D Major (“Prussian”), K. 575
• String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat Major (“Prussian”), K. 589
• String Quartet No. 23 in F Major (“Prussian”), K. 590