String Trio in A major, Op. 14 No. 3, G. 97

Luigi Boccherini · 1743–1805 · Italian

For violin, viola, cello

Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, for the cello part

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Ensemble: String trio
Hardest part: Cello
Form: Full work
Length: About 18 min
Composed: 1772
Era: Classical

Notes

Four movements, incl. an Allegretto smorfioso; the cello leads the set

About this work

Composed: 1772
Dedicated to: Don Louis de Bourbon

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