Piano Quartets
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet - Sheet Music

Chamber Ensemble Piano Quartet

SKU: HL.51480196

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Ernst Herttrich. Sheet Music. Paperbound. Henle Music Folios. Pages: Score = 73 * Vl Part = 16 * Va Part = 16 * Vc Part = 12. Classical. Softcover. 124 pages. G. Henle #HN196. Published by G. Henle (HL.51480196).

ISBN 9790201801964. UPC: 884088173975. 9.25x12.25x0.438 inches.

It is hardly imaginable today, but the Viennese public of Mozart's time was unable to appreciate the beauties of Mozart's Piano Quartet K. 478. It was not accustomed to the dramatic g minor character – especially of the first movement – coming from this composer. And thus it came about that the publisher Hoffmeister refused to print any further quartets; after K. 478, Mozart wrote only the E flat major Quartet K. 493, although a series of six works had originally been planned. What a pity! Today the two piano quartets rank among the landmarks of Mozartian chamber music and continue to enjoy a great status.

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