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String Quartet in B minor, Op. 33 No. 1

178117 min

This guide follows Haydn’s String Quartet in B minor, Op. 33 No. 1 (1781) in four parts: Allegro moderato (sonata form), Scherzo. Allegro di molto (minuet and trio), Andante (sonata form) and Finale. Presto (sonata form).

Recording: Tesla Quartet (2016)

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Follow all 13 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II. · Minuet and trio
  3. III · Sonata form
  4. IV. · Sonata form
ISonata form0:08–5:16

. The opening seems to start in D major before settling into B minor, so the begins unsure whether it is major or minor. It moves in fits and starts, stops often and changes mood suddenly, more like a rhetorical speech than a song. The is followed by the and the . The closes as soon as the music finds firm footing.

II. Minuet and trio5:17–7:36
IIISonata form7:57–13:37
IV. Sonata form13:39–17:25

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

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Franz Joseph HaydnString quartetsClassical periodB minorSonata formMinuet and trio

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