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
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Metronome | Key | Measures |
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| Allegro moderato | — | — | — |
| Andante | — | — | — |
| Menuetto and Trio. Allegretto | — | — | — |
| Allegretto ma non troppo | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
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| 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 Robert Wittmann |
| View | Complete | piano | Paul Wagner |
| View | I. Allegro moderato | cello and piano | Charles Vogel 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
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
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| View | Borromeo String Quartet, string quartet | — | Complete Performance | |
| View | Budapest String Quartet, performer | — | 1. Allegro moderato 2. Andante 3. ''Menuetto''. Allegro 4. Allegretto ma non troppo |
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| View | Synthesized | For Oboe, Violin, 2 Violas and Cello (Rosinack) | Synthesized Performance (MP3) Synthesized Performance (MIDI |
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| View | MIDI | For Oboe, Violin, 2 Violas and Cello (Rosinack) | III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio | |
| View | MIDI | For Oboe, Violin, 2 Violas and Cello (Rosinack) | III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio |
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