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String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3

179923 min

This guide follows Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 (1799) in four parts: Allegro (sonata form), Andante con moto (sonata form), Allegro (minuet and trio) and Presto (sonata form).

Recording: Alban Berg Quartett

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Follow all 30 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Sonata form
  3. III · Minuet and trio
  4. IV · Sonata form
ISonata form0:10–7:25

in D major. The calm opening rises a seventh in long notes in the first violin, then settles into a decorated falling line. The viola starts it again, but the violins interrupt and pick up speed. Then the comes and the begins. At the the opening in a different light, and then a starts.

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II Sonata form8:00–14:48
IIIMinuet and trio15:14–18:24
IVSonata form18:33–23:20

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 periodD majorSonata formMinuet and trio

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