String Quartet

Question 1

Father of the String Quartet

Answer 1

Haydn

Question 2

Early Classical Example

Answer 2

Haydn

Op. 33 - The Joke

Question 3

Late Classical Example

Answer 3

Beethoven

Op 127 and Op. 130

Question 4

Early Romantic

Answer 4

Brahms

Op 57

Question 5

Late Romantic

Answer 5

Schubert

Death and the Maiden

Question 6

20th Century - Ism example

Answer 6

Webern

Op 28

Question 7

20th Century - Obscure example

Answer 7

Stokhausen

Helikopter Streichquartett

Question 8

Features of Early Classical Quartet

Answer 8

4 Movements
Movement 1 ~ Sonata Form
Movement 2 ~ Scherzo
Balanced Phrases
Violin 1 Dominated

Question 9

Features of Late Classical Quartet

Answer 9

Op. 127
4 Movements
Movement 1 ~ Sonata Form
More advanced Chromatic Harmony

Op. 130
6 Movements
More developed

Question 10

Features of early Romantic Quartet

Answer 10

4 Movements
Schonberg praised it’s advanced harmony
Movement 1~Sonata Form

Question 11

Features of Late Romantic Quartet

Answer 11

4 Movements
1. Sonata
2. Theme and Variations
3. Scherzo
4. Rondo
Theme and Variations based on Schubert's Lieder "Death and the Maiden"

Question 12

Features of Shostakovich 8th String Quartet

Answer 12

5 Movements
Doesn't stick to traditional structure
Links to Ternary, Rondo and Scherzo
Quotations used (DSCH)

Question 13

Features of 20th Century Ism String Quartet

Answer 13

Serialism
Theme and Variations
Scherzo
Rondo
Klangfarbenmelodie
More advanced harmony

Question 14

Features of Obscure String Quartet

Answer 14

One Movement
No Score
Opera “Mittwoch aus Licht”
No rubato