- aka "The Violet" or "Prussian 1", K.575
Mvt.1 Allegretto
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Menuetto: Allegretto
Mvt.4 Allegretto
String Quartets No. 21-23 (K.575, K.579, K.590).
The Prussian Quartets were written for and dedicated to the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, an amateur cellist, and were written in a similar style to the quartets of Joseph Haydn. Mozart and his friend Karl Lichnowsky met the king in Potsdam in April 1789. Mozart played before the king in Berlin on 26 May 1789, then returned to Vienna. [Source: Wikipedia]
Mozart appreciated the new sponsorship from King Frederick William II of Prussia. However, he could only finished 3 of the 6 'Prussian Quartets', before he died in poor health and poor wealth by end-1791.
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