String Quartet in D minor, B. 333

Ignaz Pleyel · 1757–1831 · Austrian-French

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Prussian Quartet No. 3 · Preußische Quartette

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: 1786
Era: Classical

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Dedicated to the cellist King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia; the cello has more to do

About this work

Composed: 1786
Dedicated to: King of Prussia (Friedrich Wilhelm II)

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