String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 26 No. 1, G. 195

Luigi Boccherini · 1743–1805 · Italian

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 10 min
Composed: 1778
Era: Classical

Notes

In two movements

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Composed: 1778

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