String Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1756–1791 · Austrian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

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 12 min
Composed: 1772–73
Era: Classical

Notes

Three movements with a C-minor Andante at the centre

About this work

Composed: 1772 (late) or 1773 (early) (see: Mozartproject; NMA)

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