String Quartet (Verdi)

String Quartet
by Giuseppe Verdi
Portrait of Verdi by Ferdinand Mulnier
Native name	Quartetto in mi minore
Key	E minor
Genre	Classical music
Form	String Quartet
Composed	1873 (1873) – 1873 (1873): Naples
Performed	1 April 1873 (1873-04-01): Naples
Published	1873 (1873): Milan: Ricordi
Movements	4 movements Allegro Andantino Prestissimo Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso
Scoring	2 violins, viola, cello

Giuseppe Verdi's String Quartet in E minor was written in the spring of 1873 during a production of Aida in Naples. It is the only surviving chamber music work in Verdi's catalogue.