6 String Quintets, G.331-336 (Boccherini, Luigi)

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String Quintet in E major, G.331 (Op.36 No.1)

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String Quintet in D major, G.332 (Op.36 No.2)

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String Quintet in G major, G.333 (Op.36 No.3)

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String Quintet in A minor, G.334 (Op.36 No.4)

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String Quintet in G minor, G.335 (Op.36 No.5)

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4 more: Violin 2 • Viola • Cello 1 • Cello 2

Copyist Louis Picquot
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General Information

Work Title 6 String Quintets
Alternative. Title
Composer Boccherini, Luigi
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. G.331-336 ; Op.36
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ILB 64
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 pieces
  1. Quintet in E-flat major, G.331
  2. Quintet in D major, G.332
  3. Quintet in G major, G.333
  4. Quintet in A minor, G.334
  5. Quintet in G minor, G.335
  6. Quintet in F major, G.336 ("Quintettino dello Scacciapensiero")
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1784
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos

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This work is dated to 1784 in the Berlin manuscript, but to 1786 (probably the year when they were sent to Friedrich Wilhelm II.) in the Paris manuscript and in Boccherini's own catalogue of his works. The title "Quintettino dello Scacciapensiero" for G.336 is used by Boccherini himself in the Berlin manuscript. In the Paris manuscript (and Picquot's copy), the imitation of the "scacciapensiero" in this quintet is omitted.