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String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2

179926 min

This guide follows Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2 (1799) in four parts: Allegro (sonata form), Adagio cantabile, Scherzo: Allegro (minuet and trio) and Allegro molto, quasi presto (sonata form).

Recording: Alban Berg Quartett

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Follow all 24 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III: · Minuet and trio
  4. IV , · Sonata form
ISonata form0:11–8:07

A sunny in G major. The first opens with a graceful for the first violin followed by a pause, and a deliberately plain arrives after the . In the the themes are combined, tossed between the players and treated fugally, with the cello repeatedly gathering the back together. Then the begins, and later the starts.

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  2. :
II 8:35–11:20
III: Minuet and trio11:23–14:35
IV , Sonata form14:38–25:57

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Ludwig van BeethovenString quartetsClassical periodG majorSonata formMinuet and trio

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