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String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, D. 18

Franz Schubert · 1797–1828 · Austrian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as String Quartet No. 1 in G minor/B-flat major
Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, for the violin 1 part
MinorDramaticLyricalLesser-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 18 min
Composed
1810
Era
Early Romantic

Notes

Earliest of the surviving quartets; key given as G minor/B-flat major

About this work

Composed
1810 or 1811
  1. Andante — Presto vivace
  2. Menuetto — Trio
  3. Andante
  4. Presto
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