String Quartet Essay 2 (better)

Question 1

Haydn String Quartet Op. 20 No. 4.

Answer 1

Typical 4 movement stucture

Question 2

Haydn String Quartet Op. 20 No. 2 in C major

Answer 2

Rejected galante style and developed 4 equal parts

Question 3

Haydn String Quartet Op. 76 No. 3 ‘Emperor’ in C.

Answer 3

4 equal voices and virtuosic instrumental writing

Question 4

Mozart String Quartet in D Major K. 575.

Answer 4

Bringing viola away from the cello line

Question 5

Mozart Quartet K.465 - 1st Movement.

Answer 5

Adventerous harmonies and chromaticism

Question 6

Mozart String Quartet No.14

Answer 6

Song-like and lyrcial melodies

Question 7

Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18 No. 6.

Answer 7

Experimentation with scherzo movement, using 2 against 3 in 6/8 time

Question 8

Beethoven String Quartet No.7 in F major

Answer 8

More technically demanding and expanded use of emotional intensity

Question 9

Beethoven String Quartet Opus 59, No. 3 in E minor, 2nd movement.

Answer 9

4 equal part, treating instruments equally as soloists

Question 10

Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor

Answer 10

More adventerous harmonies with dissonance and chromatcism

Question 11

Beethoven Grosse Fuge, Op. 133.

Answer 11

Contrapuntal texture and textual variety

Question 12

Schubert String Quintet in C major, D. 956.

Answer 12

Added second cello for a susatined bassline to let other cello play long melodies

Question 13

Schubert String Quartet in G Major, D. 887

Answer 13

Longer in length (45 mins), roughly 3 times longer than a Haydn quartet

Question 14

Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor.

Answer 14

Smart use of counterpoint/delicate textures/greater intensity of emotion

Question 15

Schumann String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41, 3rd movement

Answer 15

Influence from his greater pianistic figurations featuring in his quartet writing

Question 16

Brahms String Quartet Op. 51 No. 1 in C minor.

Answer 16

Explores extreme ranges of dynamics reflecting intensity and drama of the period

Question 17

Smetana Quartet N.1 in E minor (“From My Life”)

Answer 17

Very personal emotionally, suffered from illness, high E represents his sadness

Question 18

Franck Quartet In D Major

Answer 18

Became popular due to cyclical methods

Question 19

Tchaikovsky and Borodin Borodin String Quartet No. 2, 2nd movement.

Answer 19

Introduced folk idioms , reflecting nationalism

Question 20

Debussy String Quartet in G Minor

Answer 20

Tonally ambigous and cyclical structure

Question 21

Schoenberg String Quartet No. 3.

Answer 21

Expressionist features/tone row/ dissonance

Question 22

Webern String Quartet Op.5

Answer 22

Col legno

Question 23

Bartok String Quartet No. 4

Answer 23

Compositional features such as syncopation/glissandi and harmonics

Question 24

Shost String Quartet No.8

Answer 24

Very personalised, uses his initials as a motif, influenced by Bach and also fugal style