String Quartet No. 3 in C major ("Au goût du jour")

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges · 1745–1799 · French (Guadeloupe-born)

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Quartetto concertante No. 3 · Six Quartetto concertans

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 7 min
Composed: 1779
Era: Classical

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Two-movement concertante quartet; the set has no opus number

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