String Quartet in C minor, Op. 41 No. 1, G. 214

Luigi Boccherini · 1743–1805 · Italian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 18 min
Composed: 1788
Era: Classical

Notes

Opens Prestissimo; the slow movement is marked Flebile

About this work

Composed: 1788 (May and June)

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