String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3
This guide follows Haydn’s String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3 “Emperor” (1797) in four parts: Allegro (sonata form), Poco adagio, cantabile (theme and variations), Menuetto. Allegro (minuet and trio) and Finale. Presto (sonata form).
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Follow all 29 sections as they play
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- II ,
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- IV.
Large-scale and full-sounding, almost symphonic. The first opens the , followed by a and the . Then the begins, and one of its features is a massive drone in the viola and cello. A leads to the , and then the starts.
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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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