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 bass.)

Movements

The work is in standard four movement form:

References

Melvin Berger, "Guide to Chamber Music", 2001, Dover

External links

Quintett in Es: Score and critical report (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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String quintets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

No. 1 in B-flat major, K. 174 No. 2 in C minor, K. 406/516b No. 3 in C major, K. 515 No. 4 in G minor, K. 516 No. 5 in D major, K. 593 No. 6 in E-flat major, K. 614

List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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