String Quartet No. 2 (Mozart)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 2 in D major, K. 155/134a, is thought to have been composed in the autumn of 1772 in Bolzano, while Mozart and his father were touring Italy.^[1] The opening movement is notable for its unusual (at the time) key changes and its use of the interrupted Cadence.

Movements

The quartet has three movements:

References

^ Stanley Sadie (2006). Mozart: The Early Years 1756-1781. Oxford University Press. p. 278. ISBN 0393061124.

External links

Quartett in D KV 155 (134^a): Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
String Quartet No. 2: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Biography

Music

Editions	Köchel catalogue Alte Mozart-Ausgabe Neue Mozart-Ausgabe

Family

Leopold Mozart (father)
Anna Maria Mozart (mother)
Maria Anna Mozart (Nannerl) (sister)
Constanze Mozart (wife)
Maria Anna Thekla Mozart (Bäsle) (first cousin)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (son)
Karl Thomas Mozart (son)
Johann Georg Mozart (paternal grandfather)
Franz Mozart (paternal great-grandfather)
Joseph Lange (brother-in-law)
Cäcilia Weber (mother-in-law)
Josepha Weber (sister-in-law)
Aloysia Weber (sister-in-law)
Sophie Weber (sister-in-law)

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v t e String quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lodi Quartet	No. 1 in G major, K. 80/73f (Lodi)
Milanese Quartets	No. 2 in D major, K. 155/134a No. 3 in G major, K. 156/143b No. 4 in C major, K. 157 No. 5 in F major, K. 158 No. 6 in B flat major, K. 159 No. 7 in E flat major, K. 160/159a
Viennese Quartets	No. 8 in F major, K. 168 No. 9 in A major, K. 169 No. 10 in C major, K. 170 No. 11 in E flat major, K. 171 No. 12 in B flat major, K. 172 No. 13 in D minor, K. 173
Haydn Quartets	No. 14 in G major, K. 387 (Spring) No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b No. 16 in E flat major, K. 428/421b No. 17 in B flat major, K. 458 (Hunt) No. 18 in A major, K. 464 (Drum) No. 19 in C major, K. 465 (Dissonance)
Hoffmeister Quartet	No. 20 in D major, K. 499 (Hoffmeister)
Prussian Quartets	No. 21 in D major, K. 575 (The Violet) No. 22 in B flat major, K. 589 No. 23 in F major, K. 590
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