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String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73

194632 min

This guide follows Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 (1946) in five parts: Allegretto (sonata form), Moderato con moto, Allegro non troppo, Adagio and Moderato.

Recording: Jerusalem Quartet (2013)

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Follow all 62 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V
ISonata form0:01–6:49

A playful, graceful in F major. The first violin has the skittering , marked , and a somber follows after a , with a third after that. The opens with a fugue that dissolves into dissonance. After the fugue's conclusion the in long notes (the ). The follows, and then the .

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  2. :
II 6:55–12:43
III 12:44–17:00
IV17:09–22:02
V22:09–32:16

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

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Dmitri ShostakovichString quartetsModern periodF majorSonata form

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