The String Quintet No. 1 in

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, K. 174, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in December 1773. Unlike Mozart's other viola quintets, which are scored for two violins, two violas and cello, this early work is scored for two violins, two violas and basso. It is inspired by

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viola quintets in C major (MH 187) and G major (MH 189), written earlier in the same year. Mozart composed this quintet a few months following the composition of the Viennese Quartets, K. 168-173 – indeed this work immediately follows that set in the first edition of the Köchel catalogue.

Movements

The work is in standard four

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form: *I. Allegro moderato in B-flat major *II.

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in E-flat major *III. Menuetto ma Allegro in B-flat major, with trio in F major *IV.

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in B-flat major

References

*Charles Rosen, "The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven", 1997, Norton

External links

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Performance of String Quintet No. 1
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with

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