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String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387

178230 min

This guide follows Mozart’s String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387 (1782) in four parts: Allegro vivace assai (sonata form), Menuetto. Allegro (minuet and trio), Andante cantabile (sonata form) and Molto allegro (sonata form).

Recording: Gewandhaus-Quartett (2005)

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Follow all 25 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II. · Minuet and trio
  3. III · Sonata form
  4. IV · Sonata form
I Sonata form0:01–7:13

, in G major. The lives on contrast: loud against soft, rising against falling, plain diatonic tunes against runs. A forthright opening gesture is followed by a gentle tag. The is a gently marching tune with repeated notes. Then the starts, and the both , the first and then the second.

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II. Minuet and trio7:25–15:45
III Sonata form15:57–22:53
IVSonata form23:10–30:15

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

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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartString quartetsClassical periodG majorSonata formMinuet and trio

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