String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 2 No. 1

Hyacinthe Jadin · 1776–1800 · French

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 24 min
Composed: 1796
Era: Classical

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Four movements, opening Largo–Allegro moderato; recorded by both the Rasumovsky and the Mosaïques quartets

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