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Technical Notice
| Classical Composer: | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
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| Work: | String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2 |
| Year Composed: | 1800 |
| Instrumentation: | 2vn, va, vc |
| Publishers: |
Breitkopf & Härtel Johann André Universal Edition |
| Duration: | 00:23:00 |
| Period: | Classical (1750-1830) |
| Work Category: | Chamber Music |
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The second quartet of the Opus 18 set, the Quartet in G major, is a less demanding work, for players and listeners. It has a first movement very much in the style of later Haydn, a movement that has won the work the nickname the Komplimentierquartett, a reference to its graceful formality. The C major slow movement is in the mood of a contemplative hymn, until the unexpected intrusion of an F major Allegro, its rhythm hinted in a short figure in the coda of the first section of the movement. The C major Adagio returns, to be followed by the true Scherzo in G major, framing a contrasting C major Trio, a movement that conforms with the expectations aroused by the first movement. The quartet ends with a rapid final movement, opened by the cello, with a subject that re-appears in the central development briefly in less usual keys, before the concluding recapitulation.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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