String Quartet No. 2 in A major

4 movements

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga · 1823 · A major · 770 bars · 729 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: A major, B minor, E major, G major, A minor, D major, D minor, C major, F major.