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This is a list of recognized string quartets (i.e. groups of musical performers), current or past, in alphabetical order. It does not include the names of musical quartet compositions. It does not include the names of musical quartet compositions.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was a prolific composer who wrote in many genres. Perhaps his best-admired works can be found within the categories of operas, piano concertos, piano sonatas, symphonies, string quartets, and string quintets.
Paul Wranitzky (1756–1808): Wrote seventy-three string quartets which, at their best (the six quartets of Op. 16, the six of Op. 23), are second only to Haydn and the mature Mozart in quality. Ignace Pleyel (1757–1831): Student of Haydn, wrote 70 string quartets.
Certainly they offered to their own time state-of-the art models to follow for the best part of a decade; the teenage Mozart, in his early quartets, was among the composers moved to imitate many of their characteristics, right down to the vital fugues with which Haydn sought to bring greater architectural weight to the finales of nos. 2, 5 and 6.
This is a category for musical groups which are known specifically as quartets. Simply having four members is insufficient for categorization.
This is a list of string quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. String Quartet No. 1 in G major, K. 80/73f; String Quartet No. 2 in D major, K. 155/134a; String Quartet No. 3 in G major, K. 156 (K. 134b) String Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157; String Quartet No. 5 in F major, K. 158; String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, K. 159
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String quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven (1 C, 19 P) String quartets by Benjamin Britten (4 P) C. String quartets by Elliott Carter (5 P) D.