The quartet was written for and dedicated to the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, an amateur cellist, and was 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.

Date of composition 1789
Dedicated to King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm II
Type String Quartet
Tonality D Major
Catalogue KV 575
Instruments Viola
Cello
2x Violin
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Autotranslations beta Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quatuor à cordes n°21 en ré majeur, KV 575 "First Prussian Quartet"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartetto d'archi n. 21 in re maggiore, KV 575 "First Prussian Quartet"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Streichquartett Nr. 21 D-dur, KV 575 "First Prussian Quartet"