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Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703

18209 min

This guide follows Schubert’s Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703 (1820) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Amadeus Quartet (1977)

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Follow all 9 sections as they play

Sonata form0:10–9:20

The opens quietly and ominously, with and creeping semitones, followed by a . Then a warm, song-like in A flat major brings relief, and a second tune in G major arrives. The is episodic. The skips the opening and starts with the lyrical tune, now in B flat major; the G major tune in C major. The opening idea comes back only in the , and the ends on the opening .

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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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Franz SchubertString quartetsRomantic periodC minorSonata form

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