String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, K. 159

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1756–1791 · Austrian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

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 13 min
Composed: 1773
Era: Classical

Notes

Opens with an Andante; agitated G-minor Allegro at the centre

About this work

Composed: 1773

Andante
Allegro
Rondo. Allegro grazioso

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