String Quartet No. 11 in E-flat major, K. 171

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 15 min
Composed: 1773
Era: Classical

Notes

First movement framed by an Adagio; Allegro assai finale

About this work

Composed: 1773 August

Adagio Allegro assai Adagio
Menuetto and Trio
Andante
Allegro assai

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