String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major

Niccolò Paganini · 1782–1840 · Italian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

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 23 min
Composed: c. 1815–18
Era: Early Romantic

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One of three string quartets of c. 1815-18, all recorded together; four movements

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Composed: 1815-18

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