String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
This guide follows Brahms’s String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 (1873) in four parts: Allegro non troppo (sonata form), Andante moderato, Quasi Minuetto, moderato – Allegretto vivace (minuet and trio) and Finale. Allegro non assai (sonata form).
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Follow all 35 sections as they play
- I
- II
- III , –
- IV.
in A minor: the wistful, restless opening melody carries the F-A-E . The moves to C major, with long, seemingly endless phrases. The is stormy and breaks the opening into pieces. The slips in so quietly that you may notice it only a few later, and then a turbulent begins.
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II14:01–22:56
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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