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String Quartet No. 2, Op. 51 No. 2

4 movements

Johannes Brahms · 1873 · D minor · 1001 bars · 1363 chords analysed

Brahms claimed to have destroyed twenty quartets before letting the two of Op. 51 be published in 1873. A third, Op. 67, followed two years later, lighter in mood.

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