IV Finale

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Composer:Spohr, Louis (1784-1859), German
Genre:Chamber music.
Instruments:2 violins, viola & 'cello.
Submitter:White, John H
Email:jalbis127 (e-mail)
Zipname:spocham
Ziptitle:String Quartet No 35 in Eb, Op. 155 (1856)
Spohr originally wrote this, his penultimate quartet, in G minor but, being dissatisfied with it, re-wrote it in its present form in Eb,down-grading the scherzo to a minuet and demoting it from No 2 to No 3 in the batting order. He was still not happy with either this or the following quartet, and they, together with his 10th Symphony, were never published in his life time.