String Quintet No. 6 (Mozart)
The String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat major, K. 614, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on April 12, 1791. It is Mozart's last major chamber work. Like all of Mozart's string quintets, it is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola (two violins, two violas and cello.)
Movements
The work is in standard four movement form:
- I. Allegro di molto 6
8 in E-flat major - II. Andante
in B-flat major - III. Menuetto: Allegretto 3
4 in E-flat major, with trio in E-flat major - IV. Allegro 2
4 in E-flat major
References
- Melvin Berger, "Guide to Chamber Music", 2001, Dover
External links
- Quintett in Es: Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- String Quintet No. 6: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Performance of String Quintet No. 6 by the Musicians from Marlboro from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format
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