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- Piano Quartet g minor KV 478
- Piano Quartet E flat major KV 493
for | Violin, viola, cello, piano |
Musical Editions | Piano score, parts (Urtext edition) |
Item no. | 401164 |
Author / Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Editor | Ernst Herttrich |
Scope | 144 pages; 23.5 × 31 cm |
Release year | 2006 |
Publisher / Producer | Henle Verlag |
Producer No. | HN 196 |
ISMN | 9790201801964 |
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.
Studien-Edition
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 427755