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What instruments are used in Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat Major?

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Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47, is written for a standard piano quartet ensemble, which consists of the following four instruments:

Piano
Violin
Viola
Cello21

Completed in 1842 during what is often referred to as Schumann's "chamber music year," the work was composed with his wife, the pianist Clara Wieck Schumann, in mind.2