String Quartet No. 11 (Spohr)

Louis Spohr's String Quartet No. 11 ("Quatuor brillant") in E major, Op. 43, was completed in May of 1818. It is one of eight similar works Spohr wrote between 1806 and 1835. Like a concerto, the work is designed to display a soloists skills, but in a more intimate setting than the concert hall.[1]

Movements

This quartet is in three movement form:

  1. Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Tempo di minuetto: Un poco vivace
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References
  1. Clive Brown & Keith Warsop. Liner Notes to Louis Spohr String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 7 – Nos. 11 and 12, Marco Polo 8.223257
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