This guide follows Bartók’s String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7 “Sz. 40” (1909) in four parts: Lento, Allegretto (sonata form), Introduzione: Allegro (ternary form) and Allegro vivace (sonata form).
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The opens as a slow, on a lamenting , with the voices following each other tightly. The (A) is heard again and again in this opening stretch. A contrasting section (B) follows and is built on a descending in worried rhythms. The opening high in the violins (A1), and a “Scotch snap”, a short note followed by a longer one, is added soon after. A leads without a pause into the next .
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
BartókString Quartet No. 2, Op. 17BartókAllegro barbaro, Sz. 49BartókSuite, Op. 14, Sz. 62BartókViolin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76BartókOut of Doors, Sz. 81BartókPiano Concerto No. 1, Sz. 83 / BB 91BartókPiano Sonata, Sz. 80 / BB 88BartókPiano Concerto No. 2, Sz. 95 / BB 101BartókSonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110BartókConcerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116Free
BachTrio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major, BWV 525
HaydnSymphony No. 1 in D major, Hob. I:1HaydnHorn Concerto in D major, Hob. VIId:3HaydnPiano Sonata in A-flat major, Hob. XVI:46HaydnPiano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20HaydnString Quartet in A major, Op. 20 No. 6HaydnString Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 2HaydnString Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4HaydnString Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 20 No. 1HaydnString Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5Path 08
Four players across almost two centuries: Haydn shapes the conversation, Bartók breaks it open, Shostakovich turns it inward.
Haydn → Mozart → Schubert → Beethoven → Dvořák → Debussy → Reger → Bartók → Shostakovich
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