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Double Bass Quartet No. 3 in D major
Franz Anton Hoffmeister · 1754–1812 · German-Austrian
For violin, viola, cello, double bass
Also known as Quartetto No. 3 a Contrabbasso Obbligato
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the double-bass part
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- 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 ending in a minuet
A step before · level 4
String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 33 No. 2, Hob. III:38 ("The Joke")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
18 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