String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, D. 87

Franz Schubert · 1797–1828 · Austrian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as String Quartet, Op. posth. 125 No. 1

Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 26 min
Composed: 1813
Era: Early Romantic

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Published posthumously as Op. 125 No. 1

About this work

Composed: 1813 (November)

Allegro moderato
Scherzo. Prestissimo — Trio
Adagio
Allegro

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