String Quartet No. 18 (Spohr)

Louis Spohr's String Quartet No. 18 ("Quatuor brillant") in B minor, Op. 61, is one of eight such works the composer wrote between 1806 and 1835, and was published about 1824.^[1] Like a concerto, the work is designed to display a soloist's skills, but in a more intimate setting than the concert hall.

Movements

This quartet is in three movement form:^[2]

Allegro moderato
Adagio
Allegretto

References

↑ Mention in Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung, Dec. 1824, in a section equivalent to newly arrived music.
↑ See parts at IMSLP.

External links

String Quartet No. 18: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

String quartets by Louis Spohr

No. 3 in D minor No. 6 in G minor No. 11 in E major No. 18 in B minor No. 19 in A major No. 30 in A major Potpourri No. 4 in B major

List of string quartets by Louis Spohr

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