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String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13

4 movements

Felix Mendelssohn · 1827 · A major · 939 bars · 1262 chords analysed

Written at 18, just after Beethoven's death, and quoting Beethoven's late quartets; it also quotes Mendelssohn's own love song “Ist es wahr?”.

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