String Quartet No. 1 in G major, K. 80 ("Lodi")

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1756–1791 · Austrian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Lodi Quartet · K. 73f

Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 16 min
Composed: 1770–73
Era: Classical

Notes

Mozart's first quartet, begun at Lodi aged 14; the Rondo finale was added later

About this work

Composed: 1770–73

Adagio
Allegro
Menuetto and Trio
Rondo

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