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String Trio in B-flat major, D. 581

Franz Schubert · 1797–1828 · Austrian
For violin, viola, cello
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin part
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Ensemble
String trio
Hardest part
Violin
Form
Full work
Length
About 20 min
Composed
1817
Era
Early Romantic

Notes

Four movements; survives in two versions of 1817

About this work

Composed
1817 September (1st version); 1817 Autumn (?) (2nd version)
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Andante
  3. Menuetto. Allegretto — Trio
  4. Rondo. Allegretto

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