String Quartet No.8 in A major (Praeger, Ferdinand)

Incipit	1. $\relative c{ \key a \minor \version "2.18.0" \tempo "Introduction: Moderato." \time 4/4 \clef bass \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Cello" \stemNeutral \slurUp e2^\markup{\italic"marcato"}( d4 c) \slurDown c2.( b4) a2( g4 f) e1^\fermata }$ 2. $\relative c''{ \key a \minor \version "2.18.0" \clef treble \tempo "Adagio" \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Violino I" \time 4/4 e8_\p_\>([ d16 c\!]) c8._\markup{\italic"sost."}([ b16]) a2 d,4 f8._\>[ f16\!] f4 e8.[ e16] e4_\markup{\italic"cresc."} e e8([ d16 c_\<]) b([ c\! e_\> d\!]) e4. b8 b2 }$ 3. $\relative c'''{ \key a \major \clef treble \version "2.18.0" \tempo \markup {\line{\italic "Scherzo."}{" Leggiero."}} \time 3/4 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Violino I" a4_\markup{\italic"pizz."} e e,8_\markup{\italic"arco"}([ cis']) cis([ b fis'_\> e]) d4 cis r fis,8([ e]) e[( fis)] fis[( b)] d[( b)] a[( gis)] e'4 fis8[(_> e)] }$ 4. $\relative c''{ \key a \major \version "2.18.0" \clef treble \tempo "Allegro maestoso molto moderato ..." \time 4/4 \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Violino I" cis4_\p_> a_> fis8_\markup{\italic"cresc."}([ gis a b]) cis([ d e eis]) fis_\f([ eis]) fis4 g4^^ e^^ cis8([ b ais cis]) d([ b d fis]) fis4_\>( e\!) cis8([ e] a4) fis8([ b, fis' e]) }$
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

Sheet Music

Complete Score
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Complete Parts
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Copyist	unidentified
Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1800s). (copyist's score and parts)
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Source: Mus. Arc. 46, Box 11, Item(s) 406. Ferdinand Praeger Collection of Scores, ca.1829-1891, Music Library, The State University of New York at Buffalo. Color images.
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Work Title	String Quartet No.8 in A major
Alternative. Title
Composer	Praeger, Ferdinand
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IFP 122
Key	A major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements: I. Moderato — Allegretto (non troppo vivo) II. Adagio III. Scherzo (leggiero) IV. Finale. Allegro maestoso (molto moderato il Tempo quasi com' un marcia triomfante [sic])
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 violins, viola, cello

The first movement is in A minor (only changing to A major at page 6, for about 2 pages)- why is this an "A major" quartet?