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String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387 (Op. 10, No. 1) “Spring”

4 movements

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1782 · G major · 724 bars · 543 chords analysed

The first of the six quartets dedicated to Haydn; its finale combines fugue and dance.

Mozart's 23 quartets include the six he dedicated to Haydn in 1785 — the fruit, he wrote, of “long and laborious effort” — and the three “Prussian” quartets written for a cello-playing king.

Keys visited: G major, D major, E minor, G minor, B♭ major, D minor, C major.