1771-1773: The last string quintets of Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and the first of Luigi Boccherini

A stylistic comparison of Boccherini’s quintets, op. 10 (G265-G270), op. 11 (G271-G276), and op. 13 (G277-G282), composed in 1771 and 1772, and Sammartini’s six quintets from 1773 (MS F-Pn D.11.622).