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String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat major, K. 428/421b (Op. 10, No. 4)

4 movements

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1783 · E♭ major · 710 bars · 477 chords analysed

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: E♭ major, B♭ major, C minor, G minor, F minor, A♭ major.