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String Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157

3 movements

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1772–73 · C major · 378 bars · 519 chords analysed

One of the six “Milanese” quartets, written on Mozart's third Italian journey.

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