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Which instruments are used in Schubert's Trout Quintet?
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Franz Schubert's Trout Quintet (Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114) is noted for its unusual instrumentation, which deviates from the standard piano quintet configuration of a piano and a string quartet.12
The work is scored for the following five instruments:
* Piano
* Violin
* Viola
* Cello
* Double bass
This specific combination was requested by the work's commissioner, Sylvester Paumgartner, who based the requirement on a quintet by Johann Nepomuk Hummel. The inclusion of the double bass contributes to the composition's distinctive texture, weighting the sound toward the bass range.1