Composition: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K.421/417b (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
| Title | String Quartet No. 15 |
| Creators | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) |
| Opus | K.421 |
| Instrumentation | 2 violins, viola and cello |
| Number of movements | 4 |
| Keys | D minor |
| Composed | 1783 |
| 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 moderato | — | — | — |
| Andante | — | — | — |
| Menuetto and Trio. Allegretto | — | — | — |
| Allegretto ma non troppo | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | oboe, violin, 2 violas and cello | Franz Joseph Rosinack |
| view | Complete | oboe, 2 violins, viola and cello | Bernhard Runge-Mutzke |
| view | Complete | 2 pianos | Jacques Drillon |
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Hugo Ulrich and Robert Wittmann |
| view | Complete | piano | Paul Wagner |
| view | I. Allegro moderato | cello and piano | Charles Vogel and Henri Guérout |
| view | I. Allegro moderato | organ | William Thomas Best |
| view | III. Menuetto and Trio. Allegretto | piano and harmonium | Francisco Tárrega |
| view | III. Menuetto and Trio. Allegretto | piano | Louis Diémer |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1783 | 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 | — | Bärenreiter-Verlag | 1962 | Complete Score (scan) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Mutopia | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Artaria | — | Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Edition Peters | — | Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Litolff | — | Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Mutopia | — | Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view Viola · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | 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 Engraving files (Finale) · view Engraving files (XML) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for oboe, violin, 2 violas and cello |
Nikolaus Spoerel | 2014 | Complete Score · view Oboe · view Violin · view Viola 1 · view Viola 2 · view Cello · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for oboe, 2 violins, viola and cello |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view Engraving files (Sibelius) · 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 |
| view | I. Allegro moderato | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Litolff | — | Complete Score · view Cello · view |
| view | I. Allegro moderato | Arrangement for organ |
Novello | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | III. Menuetto and Trio. Allegretto | Arrangement for piano and harmonium |
Vidal Llimona y Boceta | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | III. Menuetto and Trio. Allegretto | Arrangement for piano |
Heugel | 1867 | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Performers | Arranged for | Files |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Borromeo String Quartet (string quartet) | — | Complete Performance · file |
| view | Synthesized | Budapest String Quartet (performer) | — | 1. Allegro moderato · file 2. Andante · file 3. ''Menuetto''. Allegro · file 4. Allegretto ma non troppo · file |
| view | Synthesized | For Oboe, Violin, 2 Violas and Cello (Rosinack) | Synthesized Performance (MP3) · file Synthesized Performance (MIDI · file |
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| view | Synthesized | For Oboe, Violin, 2 Violas and Cello (Rosinack) | III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio · file | |
| view | Synthesized | For Oboe, Violin, 2 Violas and Cello (Rosinack) | III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio · file |
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