String Quartet No. 2 (Mozart)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 2 in D major, K. 155/134a, is thought to have been composed in the autumn of 1772 in Bolzano, while Mozart and his father were touring Italy.{{cite book |author=Stanley Sadie |title=Mozart: The Early Years 1756-1781 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mozartearlyyears00sadi/page/278 278] |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0393061124 |year=2006 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/mozartearlyyears00sadi/page/278 }} The opening movement is notable for its unusual (at the time) key changes and its use of the interrupted Cadence.