ola , ▁and ▁c ello , ▁but ▁for ▁viol in , ▁vi ola , ▁c ello ▁and ▁double ▁bass : ▁Se chs ▁Quart ette ▁( 6 ▁Quart ets ) ▁Op . ▁ 1 2 ▁( pub lished ▁ 1 7 7 6 – 7 7 ). ▁Anton ▁Z imm ermann ▁( 1 7 4 1 – 1 7 8 1 ): ▁S iles ian - born ▁composer ▁who ▁wrote ▁three ▁string ▁quart ets . ▁V ác lav ▁P ich l ▁( 1 7 4 1 – 1 8 0 5 ): ▁W rote ▁over ▁thirty ▁quart ets ; ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁the ▁Vienna ▁Vi olin ▁School . ▁Antoine - La urent ▁Baud ron ▁( 1 7 4 2 – 1 8 3 4 ): ▁Among st ▁the ▁first ▁French ▁compos ers ▁to ▁write ▁string ▁quart ets , ▁his ▁Se i ▁quart etti ▁Op . ▁ 3 ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 8 . ▁Roman ▁Hoff st etter ▁( 1 7 4 2 – 1 8 1 5 ): ▁An ▁Aust rian ▁mon k ▁and ▁composer , ▁now ▁supposed ▁to ▁have ▁composed ▁the ▁six ▁string ▁quart ets ▁known ▁as ▁Hay dn ' s ▁Op . ▁ 3 , ▁including ▁the ▁well - known ▁' Ser en ade ▁Quart et '. ▁Luigi ▁B oc cher ini ▁( 1 7 4 3 – 1 8 0 5 ): ▁A ▁pro l ific ▁composer ▁in ▁most ▁chamber ▁music ▁gen res , ▁B oc cher ini ▁wrote ▁nin ety - one