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Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3

Felix Mendelssohn · 1809–1847 · German
For violin, viola, cello, piano
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the piano part
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Ensemble
Piano quartet
Hardest part
Piano
Form
Full work
Length
About 33 min
Composed
1824–25
Era
Early Romantic

Notes

Written at 15 and dedicated to Goethe; published in 1825

About this work

Composed
1824 October–1825 January
Dedicated to
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  1. Allegro molto - Più allegro
  2. Andante
  3. Allegro molto
  4. Finale. Allegro vivace
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