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String Quartet No. 2 in C major, D. 32

Franz Schubert · 1797–1828 · Austrian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 20 min
Composed
1812
Era
Early Romantic

Notes

Four movements, about 18 minutes; first published complete in 1979

About this work

Composed
1812 (September-October)
First performed
1955/12/23 in a BBC London concert; Aeolian Quartet
  1. Presto
  2. Andante
  3. Menuetto. Allegro — Trio
  4. Allegro con spirito
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