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String Quartet No. 1 in D minor

4 movements

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga · 1823 · D minor · 682 bars · 520 chords analysed

Arriaga wrote his three quartets at 17; he died in Paris at 19, ten days before his twentieth birthday.

A string quartet — two violins, viola and cello — is often called a conversation between four friends. With only four voices, every chord is easy to see and hear, which makes quartets a wonderful way to study harmony.

Keys visited: D minor, A major, C major, F minor, F major, A minor, C minor, D major, B♭ major, G minor.