Classical Composer: | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
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Work: | String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3 |
Year Composed: | 1800 |
Instrumentation: | 2vn, va, vc |
Publishers: |
Breitkopf & Härtel Johann André Universal Edition |
Duration: | 00:24:00 |
Period: | Classical (1750-1830) |
Work Category: | Chamber Music |
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The String Quartet in D major, Opus 18, No.3, opens with the rising interval of a seventh from the first violin, an interval that is heard again when the viola echoes the first bars of the theme, followed immediately by the second violin, and later from the cello. The tripartite sonata-allegro movement continues with subsidiary thematic material and a central development introduced by the same rising figure, which returns to start the recapitulation and has apart to play in the final coda. The B flat major slow movement starts with a phrase played on the G string of the second violin, taken up at once by the first violin and in this form or in inversion playing a significant part in what follows. The D major Allegro has a contrasting D minor section and leads to a finale with a lively principal theme and a lilting secondary melody.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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