Overview
Introduction
Johannes Brahms's String Quartet No. 1 in C minor and String Quartet No. 2 in A minor were completed in Tutzing, Bavaria, during the summer of 1873, and published together that autumn as Op. 51. They are dedicated to his friend Theodor Billroth.
Structure
The String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, also highly unified thematically, is comparatively lyrical, although culminating in a dramatic and propulsive finale whose tension "derives...from a metrical conflict between theme and accompaniment."[3] Like Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1 and Violin Concerto, the A minor quartet has a final movement modeled on a Hungarian folk dance, in this case a czárdás.[4] The quartet consists of four movements:
- Allegro non troppo (A minor)
- Andante moderato (A major)
- Quasi Minuetto, moderato (A minor)
- Finale. Allegro non assai (A minor)
With all the movements in A minor or A major, the String Quartet No. 2 is therefore homotonal. Each quartet lasts about half an hour in performance.
Opus/Catalogue Number：Op.51.1
Duration: 0:33:00 ( Average )
Genre ：String Quartet
