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String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88

188226 min

This guide follows Brahms’s String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 (1882) in three parts: Allegro non troppo ma con brio (sonata form), Grave ed appassionato – Allegretto vivace and Finale: Allegro energico (sonata form).

Recording: Pierre Fouchenneret, Suichi Okada (violins), Lise Berthaud, Adrien Boisseau (violas), François Salque (cello)

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Follow all 22 sections as they play

  1. I ma · Sonata form
  2. II ed –
  3. III: · Sonata form
I ma Sonata form0:31–11:17

ma : the first violin presents a simple, folk-like tune, and a dotted-rhythm grows out of it. The is a triplet melody in A major, first heard in the first viola. The sets pairs of notes against triplets. In the the first appears in D before the music to F major, and then the begins.

  1. : 1
  2. :
II ed – 11:36–21:27
III: Sonata form21:41–26:39

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

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