String Quartet No. 19 | |
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String quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
Key | C major |
Catalogue | K. 465 |
Genre | Chamber music |
Composed | 14 January 1785, Vienna |
Performed | 12 February 1785 |
Published | Vienna: Artaria (1785) |
Movements | 4 |
Scoring | 2 violins, viola, cello |
The String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, nicknamed "Dissonance" on account of the unusual counterpoint in its slow introduction, is perhaps the most famous of his quartets.