The slow movement "invokes ... the slow movement of Haydn's Op. 20 No. 1. The ostentatious dissonances of its opening almost have an antique flavour, caused by the collision of semitonal ascents and descents, and this strongly suggests the opening subject of the first movement, so surprisingly isolated there." Other commentators hear it as pointing forward to Johannes Brahms.
| Date of composition | 1783 in Vienna, Austria |
| First published | 1785 |
| Dedicated to | Franz Joseph Haydn |
| Type | String Quartet |
| Tonality | E-flat Major |
| Catalogue | KV 428/421b |
| Instruments |
Cello
Viola 2x Violin |
| Autotranslations beta |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quatuor à cordes n°16 en mi bémol majeur, KV 428/421b Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartetto d'archi n. 16 in mi bemolle maggiore, KV 428/421b Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Streichquartett Nr. 16 Es-dur, KV 428/421b |