String Quartet in E-flat major, MWV R 18

Felix Mendelssohn · 1809–1847 · German

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as String Quartet in E-flat major (1823)

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 25 min
Composed: 1823
Era: Early Romantic

Notes

Written at 14 and first published in 1879; the finale is a fugue

About this work

Composed: 1823

Allegro moderato
Adagio non troppo
Menuetto - Trio
Fuga

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