String Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 2, Hob. III:32

Joseph Haydn · 1732–1809 · Austrian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 24 min
Composed: 1772
Era: Classical

Notes

Cello leads the opening; four-subject fugue finale

About this work

Moderato
Adagio
Minuetto: Allegretto
Fuga a quattro soggetti

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