String Quartet No. 1 (Mozart)
composition for string quartet by Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 1 in G major, K. 80/73f, was completed in its original three-movement form on 15 March 1770 while touring in Lodi, Lombardy. Mozart was 14 at the time. The fourth movement was added later, possibly in 1773, when Mozart and his father visited Vienna. There is a theory surrounding who this piece is in the style of, and many say the Italian cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini was the primary influence for this string quartet.
French composer Louise Béguin-Salomon arranged the Andante movement of Mozart's String Quartet No. 1 for piano in 1853.
Movements
In contrast to the Milanese Quartets, this quartet is in four-movement form:
References
External links
Quartett in G, KV 80 (73f): Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
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