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Keyboard Quartet, Op. 3 No. 2

Claude-Bénigne Balbastre · 1724–1799 · French
For piano (or harpsichord), 2 violins, cello, 2 horns ad lib.
Also known as Sonate en quatuor, Op. 3 No. 2 · Quatuor 2
Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, for the piano part
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Ensemble
Piano & strings
Hardest part
Piano
Form
Full work
Length
About 15 min
Composed
c. 1779
Era
Classical

Notes

Harpsichord or fortepiano leads, with two violins and bass; two horns ad lib.

About this work

Dedicated to
Mademoiselle de Lamoignon

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