String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
This guide follows Mozart’s String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515 (1787) in four parts: Allegro (sonata form), Menuetto. Allegretto (minuet and trio), Andante and Allegro.
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- III
- IV
. The opening idea is five long, which gives the its lopsided 'five-ness': the cello asks a rising question and the first violin answers, then the roles swap. Mozart spins out the at unusual length before the begins. The is dark and polyphonic (several lines at once). Then the begins, and the is full of .
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III19:51–28:47
IV29:25–37:08
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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