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MOZART-Leonovich – String Quartet No.22 (K589) – FOUR CELLOS

Other Identification:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat major, K. 589, in 1790 in Vienna after a visit to the court of King Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Prussia. Mozart was under financial stress and hoped to hold a certain influence at the court of King Wilhelm II. Wilhelm was an amateur cellist, which is why the set of Prussian Quartets, of which the String Quartet No. 22 is a part, features an unusually prominent role for the cello. Despite such compositional efforts by Mozart to gain employment from the king, these quartets were sold without any dedication and published by Artaria.

Movements or sections:
FOUR movements:
1] – Allegro
2] – Larghetto
3] – Minuetto moderato and Trio
4] – Allegro assai

Instrumentation:
QUARTET OF FOUR CELLOS
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2 PDFs, one of Cellos 1 and 2, and the other of Cellos 3 and 4

Approximate difficulty:
Difficult
The first cello is very difficult indeed (virtuoso); the other three parts are somewhat more comfortable.

Dedicatee of this presentation (if applicable):
This cello quartet has been boldly envisaged by Yuriy Leonovich.
YURIY LEONOVICH is the assistant cello professor at the Bob Jones University in South Carolina, USA. He was originally from Kiev, Ukraine, but his home for over thirty years has been the United States. However, as is normal, he still has roots back in the Ukraine. He also has a Jewish background, so musically he feels the double identity between Jewish music and Ukrainian music.
He also performs to a very high level as the cello professor at Bob Jones University. At the university he also conducts a string orchestra and the cello choir (cello orchestra), writes wonderful articles and teaches some private lessons.

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