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String Quartet No. 8 in B-flat major, D. 112

Franz Schubert · 1797–1828 · Austrian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as String Quartet, Op. 168
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 30 min
Composed
1814
Era
Early Romantic

Notes

Published posthumously as Op. 168; about 27 minutes

About this work

Composed
1814/09/05 - 1814/09/13
First performed
1862/02/23 in Vienna, Musikvereinssaal; Joseph Hellmesberger's Quartet
  1. Allegro ma non troppo
  2. Andante sostenuto
  3. Menuetto. Allegro — Trio
  4. Presto
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