Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga

1806–1826 · Classical · Spain

Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola was a Spanish Basque composer. He was nicknamed "the Spanish Mozart" after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a child prodigy and an accomplished composer who died young. They also shared the same first and second baptismal names; and they shared the same birthday, 27 January.

• String Quartet No. 1 in D minor — 4 movements
• String Quartet No. 2 in A major — 4 movements
• String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Major — 4 movements