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String Quartet in C major, B. 334

Ignaz Pleyel · 1757–1831 · Austrian-French
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Prussian Quartet No. 4 · 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 19 min
Composed
1786
Era
Classical

Notes

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)
  1. Allegro con spirito
  2. Adagio
  3. Rondo. Allegro
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