Piano Quartets (Mozart)

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The two Piano Quartets composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart represent the first major pieces composed for piano quartet (piano, violin, viola and cello) in the chamber music repertoire. Mozart received a commission for three quartets in 1785 from the publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister. Hoffmeister thought the first quartet in G minor was too difficult and that the public would not buy it so he freed Mozart from the obligation of completing the set. Nine months later, Mozart composed a second quartet in E-flat major anyway.^[1].

Contents 1 No. 1 in G minor K. 478 2 No. 2 in E flat major K. 493 3 References 4 External links

[edit] No. 1 in G minor K. 478

• I. Allegro
• II. Andante
• III. Rondo (Allegro)

[edit] No. 2 in E flat major K. 493

• I. Allegro
• II. Larghetto
• III. Allegretto

[edit] References

1. ^ Melvin Berger, "Guide to Chamber Music", 2001, Dover. p. 300

[edit] External links

• Piano Quartets was available at the International Music Score Library Project.