String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 53 No. 1, G. 236

Luigi Boccherini · 1743–1805 · Italian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 40 No. 2

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: 1796
Era: Classical

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In two movements; published in Paris as Op. 40

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