Composition: String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat major, K.458 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
| Title | String Quartet No. 17 |
| Alternative title | Hunt Quartet |
| Creators | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) |
| Opus | K.458 |
| Instrumentation | 2 violins, viola and cello |
| Number of movements | 4 |
| Keys | B flat major |
| Composed | 1784 |
| First published | 1785 |
| Dedication | Joseph Haydn |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Quartets |
| Period | Classical |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegro vivace assai | — | — | — |
| Menuetto and Trio. Moderato | — | — | — |
| Adagio | — | — | — |
| Allegro assai | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | oboe, violin, 2 violas and cello | Franz Joseph Rosinack |
| view | Complete | 2 pianos | Jacques Drillon |
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Hugo Ulrich and Robert Wittmann |
| view | Complete | piano | Paul Wagner |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1784 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Johann André | 1824 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Breitkopf und Härtel | 1882 | Complete Score · view Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | A. Payne's Musikverlag | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Bärenreiter-Verlag | 1962 | Complete Score (scan) · view Fragments (scan) · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Artaria | — | Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | — | Edition Peters | — | Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for oboe, violin, 2 violas and cello |
— | — | Complete Score · view Oboe · view Violin · view Viola 1 · view Viola 2 · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 pianos |
— | — | Piano 1 · view Piano 2 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Schonenberger | — | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Performers | Files |
|---|---|---|
| view | Borromeo String Quartet (string quartet) | Complete Performance · file |
| view | Budapest String Quartet (performer) | 1. Allegro vivace asssai · file 2. ''Menuetto''. Moderato · file 3. Adagio · file 4. Allegro assai · file |
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