This guide follows Bartók’s String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40 (1909) in four parts: Lento, Allegretto (sonata form), Introduzione: Allegro (ternary form) and Allegro vivace (sonata form).
The opens as a slow, close on a lamenting , with the voices following each other tightly. The (A) is heard again and again in this opening stretch. A contrasting section (B) follows and is built on a descending in worried rhythms. The opening high in the violins (A1), and a “Scotch snap”, a short note followed by a longer one, is added soon after. A leads without a pause into the next .
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
BartókString Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67BartókAllegro barbaro, Sz. 49BartókSuite, Op. 14, Sz. 62BartókViolin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76BartókOut of Doors, Sz. 81BartókPiano Concerto No. 1, Sz. 83 / BB 91BartókPiano Sonata, Sz. 80 / BB 88BartókPiano Concerto No. 2, Sz. 95 / BB 101BartókSonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110BartókConcerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116Free
BachTrio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major, BWV 525
HaydnSymphony No. 1 in D major, Hob. I:1HaydnHorn Concerto in D major, Hob. VIId:3HaydnPiano Sonata in A-flat major, Hob. XVI:46HaydnPiano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20HaydnString Quartet in A major, Op. 20 No. 6HaydnString Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 2HaydnString Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4HaydnString Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 20 No. 1HaydnString Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5Path 08
Four players across almost two centuries: Haydn shapes the conversation, Bartók breaks it open, Shostakovich turns it inward.
Haydn → Mozart → Schubert → Beethoven → Dvořák → Debussy → Reger → Bartók → Shostakovich
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