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String Quartet in G major, Op. 76 No. 1

179721 min

This guide follows Haydn’s String Quartet in G major, Op. 76 No. 1 (1797) in four parts: Allegro con spirito (sonata form), Adagio sostenuto, Menuetto. Presto (minuet and trio) and Allegro ma non troppo (sonata form).

Recording: Quatuor Arod

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Follow all 28 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III. · Minuet and trio
  4. IV · Sonata form
I Sonata form0:02–8:11

Three dense chords, then one quiet line for the cello alone, answered by the viola; the is repeated as a duo, and the stays thin for the first sixteen . After this opening (the ), the first begins, followed by the , the and the . Then come the and the .

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II 8:21–11:17
III. Minuet and trio11:18–13:14
IV Sonata form13:43–20:36

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

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Franz Joseph HaydnString quartetsClassical periodG majorSonata formMinuet and trio

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