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Double Bass Quartet No. 1 in D major
Franz Anton Hoffmeister · 1754–1812 · German-Austrian
For violin, viola, cello, double bass
Also known as Quartetto a Contrabbasso Obbligato · Solo Quartet No. 1 for double bass, violin, viola and cello
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the double-bass part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Double-bass
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 14 min
- Composed
- —
- Era
- Classical
Notes
Double bass takes the leading part in place of the first violin; three movements
A step before · level 4
String Quartet in C major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 ("The Bird")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
19 min
4violin 1
A step after · level 6
String Quartet in D major, Op. 64 No. 5, Hob. III:63 ("The Lark")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
18 min
6violin 1
String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 ("Dissonance")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2 violins, viola, cello
30 min
6violin 1