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String Quartet in G major, Op. 60 No. 1, C. 208
Jan Ladislav Dussek · 1760–1812 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 24 min
- Composed
- 1806
- Era
- Classical
Notes
Three movements, the finale a polacca-style rondo; late-Classical quartet led by violin 1
About this work
- Composed
- 1806
- Allegro grazioso
- Laghetto non troppo lento
- Rondo. Tempo di Polacca quasi andante
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