String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4
This guide follows Haydn’s String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4 (1772) in four parts: Allegro di molto (sonata form), Un poco adagio e affettuoso (theme and variations), Menuetto alla zingarese (minuet and trio) and Presto scherzando (sonata form).
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Seven six- phrases open the : the first five are variants of one gentle figure, repeated notes with a rising fourth, and the last two bring in a bold triplet arpeggio. Those two ideas build the whole . The , the and the follow. Then the starts, and the begins in the (G major) rather than the home .
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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