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[ The Hadyn quartets, written in 1787 for the King of Prussia, are well known.]
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[ From 1787 to 1797 Boccherini drew a considerable pension from Frederick William II., for which he had to furnish annually some quartets and quintets, compositions much loved and often played by the King (Reichardt, Musik. Monatsschr., p. 17. Mus. Ztg., 1805, p. 232. Picquot, Not. sur L. Boccherini, pp. 16, 112).]
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[ In March, 1788, Mozart announced (Wien. Ztg., 1788, No. 27 Anh.) three new quintets—these two, and the one arranged in C minor—at four ducats a copy.]
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[ Wien. Ztg., May 18, 1793, p. 1462.]
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[ So also in the unfinished sketches of a number of qointet movements (79.84 Anh., K.).]