String Quartet No. 17 (Mozart)
When hunting Quartet String Quartet in B flat major KV 458 is referred to by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The String Quartet in B flat major KV 458 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart received his nickname " Hunt Quartet " because of the beginning of the first set with a theme of triads in 6/8-measure, a hunting requesting music. It is not guaranteed that Mozart himself used this nickname. The string quartet is one of the six string quartets dedicated to Haydn ( Haydn quartets so-called KV 387, 421, 428, 458, 464, 465 ).
Weblink (music / audio sample )
Music
- Http://www.mozarteum.at/03_Wissenschaft/03_Wissenschaft_NMAOnline.asp?SID=27632378423277
Audio sample (CD2 / 5 Hagen Quartet )
- Http://www.klassikakzente.de/hagen_quartett_mozart_die_haydnquartette_5264.jsp
- Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- String Quartet (factory )