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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

String Quartet No. 21 (Mozart)

The String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575, was written in June 1789 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is the first of the Prussian Quartets. There are four movements: The quartet was written for, and

Nickname#

The quartet is occasionally referred to with nickname The Violet, used for example in Hans Keller’s chapter of The Mozart Companion. The nickname is based on the resemblance of the opening theme of the second movement to Mozart’s lied “Das Veilchen” “The Violet”, K. 476, written in 1785.

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Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart