This guide follows Haydn’s String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5 (1772) in four parts: Allegro moderato (sonata form), Menuetto (minuet and trio), Adagio (sonata form) and Finale: Fuga a due soggetti (fugue).
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A sustained, intense over a pulsing accompaniment, led by the first violin, whose phrases flow into one another with few clear cadences (points of rest). The falls into two paragraphs, and then the arrives in A-flat major with a rising octave. The and the follow. The long passes through D-flat major and G-flat minor.
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
HaydnString 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 G minor, Op. 20 No. 3HaydnString Quartet in B minor, Op. 33 No. 1HaydnString Quartet in C major, Op. 33 No. 3HaydnString Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 33 No. 2HaydnString Quartet in G major, Op. 33 No. 5HaydnString Quartet in D major, Op. 64 No. 5
BachTrio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major, BWV 525HaydnSymphony 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:20HaydnSymphony No. 44 in E minor, Hob. I:44HaydnSymphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, Hob. I:45HaydnPiano Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI:23HaydnPiano Sonata in E minor, Hob. XVI:34HaydnPiano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:35Path 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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