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String Quartet No. 1, Op. 12

4 movements

Felix Mendelssohn · 1829 · E♭ major · 807 bars · 1236 chords analysed

Mendelssohn's quartets stretch from the passionate A minor, Op. 13, written at 18 under the spell of late Beethoven, to the grief-stricken F minor, Op. 80, composed after his sister Fanny's death.

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