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String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 5 No. 2

Franz Xaver Richter · 1709–1789 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 17 min
Composed
1757
Era
Classical

Notes

Early Mannheim quartet in three movements with four independent parts; fugato finale

About this work

  1. Poco allegretto
  2. Poco andante
  3. Fugato, Prest
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