Louis Spohr's String Quartet No. 18 ("Quatuor brillant") in B minor, Op. 61, is one of eight such works the composer wrote between 1806 and 1835, and was published about 1824.Mention in Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung, Dec. 1824, in a section equivalent to newly arrived music. Like a concerto, the work is designed to display a soloist's skills but in a more intimate setting than the concert hall.
Movements This quartet is in three movement form:See parts at IMSLP.
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