String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
This guide follows Brahms’s String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 (1865) in four parts: Allegro non troppo (sonata form), Scherzo. Allegro non troppo – Presto giocoso (minuet and trio), Poco adagio (theme and variations) and Poco Allegro (sonata form).
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Follow all 34 sections as they play
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A quiet, trembling half-step figure in the viola sets the scene, and over it the first violin sings the : two rising fifths, the first in G and the second in E-flat, which gives the music a veiled quality. A -like follows, and in its Brahms spells out Agathe's name in notes. Then come the , the and the .
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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