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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67

4 movements

Johannes Brahms · 1875 · B♭ major · 882 bars · 1137 chords analysed

The most relaxed of Brahms's quartets, with a viola solo at the heart of its third movement.

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