Mozart's Other Chamber Music

A complete list of Mozart's Chamber Music


Selected Chamber Music


   String Quartets

       Mozart wrote his first string quartet, "Lodi," in 1770.  The next six (k. 155 - k. 160) were 
written in 1772 and are called the "Milanese quartets."  The six "Viennese quartets" (k. 168 - k. 173) 
were written one year later and show a great advancement in Mozart's quartet writing.

       The next set of six quartets came 12 years later.  Mozart dedicated these quartets to Joseph Haydn.  
These quartets, plus the later four quartets, are Mozart's best work in the genre. 


   The Haydn Quartets  (1785)  Inspired by Joseph Haydn's Opus 33 "Russian Quartets" of 1781

         String Quartet No. 14 in G major, "Spring", K. 387  (1782)

         String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b  (1783)

         String Quartet No. 16 in E♭ major, K. 428/421b  (1783)

         String Quartet No. 17 in B♭ major, "Hunt", K. 458  (1784)

         String Quartet No. 18 in A major, K. 464  (1785)

         String Quartet No. 19 in C major, "Dissonance", K. 465 (1785)


   String Quartet No. 20 in D major, "Hoffmeister", K. 499  (1786)


   Prussian Quartets, K. 575, 589, 590, Op. 18  (1789–1790)

        Mozart's last three quartets, dedicated to the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, are
        noted for the cantabile character of the parts for cello (the instrument played by the king
        himself), the sweetness of sounds and the equilibrium among the different instruments.

          String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575  (1789)

          String Quartet No. 22 in B♭ major, K. 589  (1790)

          String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590  (1790)


   String Quintets

         String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K. 406 (516b) – Transcription from the earlier 
                                                              Serenade for wind octet in C minor, K. 388  (1787)

         String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515  (1787)

         String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516  (1787)

         String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K. 593  (1790)

         String Quintet No. 6 in E♭ major, K. 614  (1791)



   Flute Quartets

         Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major, K. 285  (1777-78)

         Flute Quartet No. 2 in G major, K. 285b  (1777-78)

         Flute Quartet No. 3 in C major, K. 285c  (1781-82)

         Flute Quartet No. 4 in A major, K. 298  (1786-87)


   Misc. selected chamber music

         Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370/368b  (1781)

         Serenade No. 10 for 12 winds in B-flat major, K. 361/370a  (1781/82)

         Serenade No. 13 for (6) strings in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"  (1787)

         String Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423  (1783)  (written as "Michael Haydn")

         String Duo No. 2 in B-flat major for violin and viola, K. 424  (1783)  (written as "Michael Haydn")

         Divertimento in Eb major for String Trio, K. 563  (1788)

         Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581  (1789) 

         Horn Quintet (horn, violin, two violas, cello) in E♭ major, K. 407  (1782)

  
        Mozart also composed a large number of lighter musical pieces, including other 

        serenades and divertimenti, marches, and dance music.