String Quartet No. 11 (Spohr)

Louis Spohr's String Quartet No. 11 ("Quatuor brillant") in E major, Op. 43, was completed in May of 1818. It is one of eight similar works Spohr wrote between 1806 and 1835. Like a concerto, the work is designed to display a soloists skills, but in a more intimate setting than the concert hall. ^[1]

Movements

This quartet is in three movement form:

Allegro
Adagio
Tempo di minuetto: Un poco vivace

References

↑ Clive Brown & Keith Warsop. Liner Notes to Louis Spohr String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 7 – Nos. 11 and 12, Marco Polo 8.223257

External links

Score for the String Quartet No. 11 in E major, Op. 43 at the IMSLP

String quartets by Louis Spohr

No. 3 in D minor No. 6 in G minor No. 11 in E major No. 18 in B minor No. 19 in A major No. 30 in A major Potpourri No. 4 in B major

List of string quartets by Louis Spohr

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