String Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 3

Peter Hänsel · 1770–1831 · German

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 25 min
Composed: 1809–10
Era: Classical

Notes

Dedicated to Schuppanzigh; four movements, the third a Polonaise

About this work

Dedicated to: Ignaz Schuppanzigh 6=Ignace Shuppanzigh

Allegro con brio
Adagio ma non troppo
Polonoise — Trio
Finale. Allegro molto

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