String Quartet No. 1
This guide follows Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” (1923) in four parts: Adagio – Con moto, Con moto, Con moto – Vivo – Andante and Con moto – (Adagio) – Più mosso.
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Follow all 29 sections as they play
- I –
- II
- III – –
- IV – () –
I – 0:24–4:13
Two ideas open the : a slow, anguished melody rising and falling on violin and viola, then a faster, busy figure on the cello. Both are reshaped many times in the . Yearning long lines are overlaid with scurrying phrases, and contrasting material arrives (B and C). The opening comes back (A′), and a closes the .
- A
- B
II4:23–8:17
III – – 8:44–12:56
IV – () – 13:14–18:02
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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