String Quartet in D minor, Op. 21 No. 2

Emanuel Aloys Förster · 1748–1823 · Austrian

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 25 min
Composed: 1802
Era: Classical

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Reminiscent of late Haydn and early Beethoven; about 25 minutes; published in Vienna in 1802

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