Milanese Quartets (Mozart)

The six string quartets, K. 155-160, were composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1772 and early 1773. Because they were composed in Milan while he was working on his opera Lucio Silla, they are popularly known as the Milanese Quartets. Before this set was composed, Mozart had written one earlier string quartet (K. 80 in 1770), so these six quartets are ordinally numbered from No. 2 to No. 7. The quartets are written in a plan of keys of D-G-C-F-B♭-E♭ following the circle of fifths.

All six quartets have only three movements. Four of the quartets (K. 156-159) have slow movements in the minor mode. The finales are generally lightweight, usually minuets or rondos.^[1]

The Six Milanese Quartets

Quartet No. 2 in D major, K. 155

Written in the fall of 1772 in Bolzano.

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Molto allegretto

Quartet No. 3 in G major, K. 156

Written at the end of 1772 in Milan.

1. Presto
2. Adagio
3. Tempo di minuetto

Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157

Written at the end of 1772 in Milan and premiered in early 1773.

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto

Quartet No. 5 in F major, K. 158

Written and premiered in early 1773 in Milan.

1. Allegro
2. Andante un poco allegretto
3. Tempo di minuetto

Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, K. 159

Written and premiered in early 1773 in Milan.

1. Andante
2. Allegro
3. Rondo

Quartet No. 7 in E flat major, K. 160

Written and premiered in early 1773 in Milan. The second movement is remarkable for its non-tonic opening [1].

1. Allegro
2. Un poco adagio
3. Presto

Notes

1. ^ Heartz, Daniel, Haydn, Mozart, and the Viennese School, 1740-1780. W.W. Norton & Company (ISBN 0393965333), p. 561-562 (1995).

External links

• Quartett in D KV 155: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Quartett in G KV 156: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Quartett in C KV 157: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Quartett in F KV 158: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Quartett in B KV 159: Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• Quartett in Es KV 160(159a): Score and critical report (German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
• String Quartet No. 2: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• String Quartet No. 3: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• String Quartet No. 4: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• String Quartet No. 5: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• String Quartet No. 6: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• String Quartet No. 7: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.

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