Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)

Title Piano Quartet
Alternative title Piano Quartet No.1
Creators Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer
Opus K.478
Instrumentation violin, viola, cello and piano
Number of movements 3
Keys G minor
Composed 1785
First published 1785
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Composition types Quartets
Period Classical
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Metronome Key Measures
I. Allegro — — —
II. Andante — — —
III. Rondo — — —

Arrangements

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View Complete orchestra Joshua Choe
View Complete flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano Robert G. Patterson
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View Complete violin, viola and cello Russ Bartoli
View Complete violin and cello Russ Bartoli
View Complete piano 4 hands Hugo Ulrich
Robert Wittmann
View Rondo (No.3) 2 pianos Boris Wolfson

Scores

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View Complete — Manuscript 1785 Complete Score
View Complete — Schott 1788 Piano
View Complete — Schott — Complete Score
Violin
Viola
Cello
View Complete — Artaria 1794 Complete Score
View Complete — N. Simrock 1803 Violin
Viola
Cello
Piano
View Complete — Breitkopf und Härtel 1879 Complete Score (original engraving)
Complete Score (modern reprint)
Violin
Viola
Cello
View Complete — Edition Peters — Complete Score and Parts
View Complete — Bärenreiter-Verlag 1957 Frontmatter (scan)
Complete Score (scan)
Original Version of 1. Set (scan)
View Complete Arrangement for orchestra
by Joshua Choe
Joshua Choe 2020 Complete Score
Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
Clarinet 1 (B/A)
Clarinet 2 (B/A)
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2
Horn 1 (F)
Horn 2 (F)
Trumpet 1 (B/D)
Trumpet 2 (B/D)
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Complete Arrangement for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano
by Robert G. Patterson
— — Complete Score
Flute (optional)
Oboe
Clarinet (B/A)
Horn (E/G)
Bassoon
View Complete Arrangement for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello Imbault — Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola 1
Viola 2
Cello
View Complete Arrangement for violin, viola and cello
by Russ Bartoli
— — Complete Score
Violin
Viola
Cello
View Complete Arrangement for violin and cello
by Russ Bartoli
— — Complete Score
Violin
Cello
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Hugo Ulrich
Robert Wittmann

Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Rondo (No.3) Arrangement for 2 pianos
by Boris Wolfson
Boris Wolfson 2018 Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

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Andante
Rondo


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