Path 01
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Ten well-known works to learn the map on, each open in full to everyone.
Pachelbel → Bach → Vivaldi → Mozart → Beethoven → Schubert → Chopin → Dvořák → Debussy
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 / B. 179
This guide follows Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 / B. 179 “American” (1893) in four parts: Allegro ma non troppo (sonata form), Lento, Molto vivace and Vivace ma non troppo.
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- II
- III
- IV
The viola begins alone with the main tune, built on a pentatonic scale, over a held F major chord from the others. A in A minor follows, with plucked cello below, and then a calmer in A major. The short works on pieces of the main tune and ends in a , where the voices enter one after another. The adds a new passage, and the ends quietly.
- / connective material
II6:50–13:06
III 13:58–17:45
IV 17:57–23:11
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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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. 5In listening paths
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Path 08
The string quartet, 1772 to 1960
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
Path 09
Fifteen kinds of work
One work for each kind in the catalog, from the symphony to choral music.
Beethoven → Vivaldi → Debussy → Holst → Dvořák → Mozart → Chopin → Scarlatti → Bach → Schubert → Strauss → Handel
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