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String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67

187536 min

This guide follows Brahms’s String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67 (1875) in four parts: Vivace (sonata form), Andante, Agitato (Allegretto non troppo) (minuet and trio) and Poco Allegretto con Variazioni (theme and variations).

Recording: Castalian Quartet (2020)

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Follow all 32 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III ( ) · Minuet and trio
  4. IV · Theme and variations
ISonata form0:10–10:13

in B-flat major. A 'hunting' in 6/8 opens the , joined by a cross-rhythm that divides the into three beats; the rocks along in 2/4. Then the begins, and the brings the back in B-flat major. In the (the ) both rhythms are combined.

  1. : 1
  2. :
II10:36–18:24
III ( )Minuet and trio18:53–26:26
IV Theme and variations26:51–36:36

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

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Johannes BrahmsString quartetsRomantic periodB-flat majorSonata formMinuet and trioTheme and variations

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