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String Quartet in A major, Op. 33 No. 2, W. Va:A4
Johann Baptist Vanhal · 1739–1813 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as String Quartet in A major, Bryan A4
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 24 min
- Composed
- 1783–84
- Era
- Classical
Notes
Two Ariettas second; a cadenza in the Adagio, running cello passages in the Rondo; his most recorded quartet
Also in Six String Quartets, Op. 33
A step before · level 4
String Quartet in C major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 ("The Bird")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
19 min
4violin 1
A step after · level 6
String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 ("Dissonance")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2 violins, viola, cello
30 min
6violin 1
String Quartet in D major, Op. 64 No. 5, Hob. III:63 ("The Lark")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
18 min
6violin 1
More chamber music by Johann Baptist Vanhal
String Quartet in E-flat major, W. Va:Es11 ("Hoffmeister No. 2")
2 violins, viola, cello
21 min
5violin 1
Oboe Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 7 No. 2, W. Vb:Bb1
oboe (or flute), violin, viola, cello
14 min
4oboe