Schubert apparently composed the quartet at the request of Heinrich Grob, the brother of Therese Grob, who at the time Schubert hoped to marry.^[2][3]

Offered to Diabelli after Schubert's death, the composition was not published until 1865.^[4]

The first known public performance of the quartet was on 1 November 1861 at the Ludwig Bösendorfer Salon in Vienna.^[5][6]

The composition, which is written for a standard piano quartet is in two movements played continuously:

1. Adagio -
2. Rondo: Allegro vivace

The composition takes around 14–16 minutes to perform.

Notes

Sources

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