string string iii composed set dedicated king prussia reason set commonly known prussian sold set firm knowledge english publisher published manuscripts nos set discovered melbourne australia set movements case movements ordered conventional fast slow fast sequence set complete set set set broad public consumption set experimental intellectual character sets mature received attention performers history conceived set letter publishing house project hold paris seven words christ started work composing february april received letter king prussia praising copies paris sent letter enclosed golden ring sought return favour set king request history publication set remarkable examples financial commercial completed set september sent fifth quartet august offered set english publisher duly printed publishers offer believing offered set learned deal published set december original manuscripts nos set discovered festival arranged melbourne australia anniversary birth concert festival manuscripts presented plastic shopping bag conductor scholar visiting australia time verified scores authentic original manuscripts emerged woman presented manuscripts inherited successive generations english colonel purchased auction new_zealand colonel heirs evidently unaware owned original versions pen discovery publishers working incomplete non original editions overview set quartet flat major iii quartet major iii quartet flat major iii quartet sharp minor iii quartet major dream iii quartet major frog iii previous sets sun russian adopted variety structures set quartet follows movement fast slow fast sequence set characterised high degree use single theme movement number movements including form movements presenting second contrasting theme instead explore potential primary theme set king capable amateur set contains number striking passages cello including opening movement leading passages slow movements nos quartet set flat major numbered iii catalogue movements non finale movement cut common time starts cello playing quarter notes flat measure movement violins viola enter cello notes act introduction critical movement including beginning development sections illustrating movement primary thematic material melody follows cello notes echoed string quartet second movement flat major form statement theme followed variations second flat minor coda similar design slow movement quartet poet set movement theme words inscription monument composer home town movement trio features elements previous movements trio uses beat entries second beat disrupt regular conventional triple metre fourth movement form characteristics false conclusions example music lands end apparent coda followed measures complete silence creating illusion main theme reprised real conclusion work follows measures later second quartet set major numbered iii catalogue movements finale movement time hitherto uncommon opening movements movement departs approach form movements set exposition presents clearly distinct themes second dominant second movement major marked statement primary theme second violin taken violin ninth measure violin enjoys high register movement central section elaborate solo passage end movement movement central section features measure passage sixteenth notes cello specially written opening measure upbeat descending major played violin trio opening ascending played second violin finale form features significant developments simple motif considerable dialogue parts finale contains high degree feature links movements work points key points movement serving different times create commence music away case finale device quartet set flat major numbered iii catalogue movements con finale work terms duration economy thematic material presented narrow registers parts operate movement time form development sections feature example musical jokes case movement form reference historical variation starts statement second phrase movement theme dominant common technique earlier eighteenth century instance liable confuse listener looking statement phrase theme measures later listener presented reprise actually coda coda involves statement main theme listener expecting measures pointed silence form second movement flat major movement involves elements theme variations characteristics form movement unlike conventional theme variation movement minor mode variation placed immediately statement theme normally minor mode theme held later movement second variation involves little actual variation closer literal statement theme form second called variations separated measure free form passage cello enjoys prominent role movement viola bass accompaniment cello presents movement opening theme exception quartet comes half standard measures second half unusually long measures involves deep flat keys trio echoes fourth movements commencing upbeat leading finale completes work theme similar movement trio movement economical exposition development commence nearly identical passages conclude exactly way fourth quartet set sharp minor numbered iii catalogue movements finale quartet set minor key employed sharp minor home key known works symphony farewell piano trio movement exposition sharp minor relative major long development section arrives concludes sharp major argues major key conclusion happy ending uneasy truce way remainder quartet finale concludes minor key second movement continues major minor work double variation form theme major second theme minor movement ends abruptly major chord relationship sharp major trio sharp minor continues overall tension major minor features startling shift second half suddenly interrupted major chord far remote home key passage leads dominant sharp major trio linked rhythmic similarities opening motifs finale builds motifs presented earlier movements writing described tragic scale string quartet argues movement strained tragic dream fifth quartet set major numbered iii catalogue movements tempo finale time signature pulse occurring notes tempo metre movement throwback earlier simpler style opening movement begins simple duet violins second subject area involves rapid movement continues feature subtle conversation violins viola cello resolved coda second movement flat major parts exposition violin plays leading role movement characterised rich textures parts created devices contrary motion movement gives nickname der dream major second half strong chord arrives unsettling conventions toys metre end moves concludes essentially time trio follows theme identical albeit minor key played parts refers finale disappointing movement arguing straightforward structurally lacks internal tension product composer rush finish work holding publication set frog sixth final quartet set major numbered iii catalogue movements finale con choice major quartet second movement minor use open strings allows work set movement opens violin starts proceeds play measure phrase concludes major chord use closing phrase start movement number unsettling incidents movement exposition expected dominant exposition ends movement tentative ending serves link minor proper conclusion form presents single theme exposition statement theme major major movement ends key explicit direction given avoid long pause movements major shortest trio features exceptionally long second section uses drifting melodies pair measure create sense trio reaches proper conclusion continue feature movements ends repetition main theme trio draws final passage marked movements explicit direction performers immediate reprised finale finale brings persistent movement sound effect created resembles frog earned quartet nickname movement mere joke contains important thematic connections earlier movements aside explicit movements result significant degree integration important thematic connection closing phrase opening movement reappears finale modified form longer stands second measure phrase forms movement secondary theme presented context ambiguity inherent appearance movement resolved
String Quartets, Op. 50 (Haydn)