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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 44 No. 1

4 movements

Felix Mendelssohn · 1837–38 · D major · 1076 bars · 1574 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: D major, B minor, F♯ minor, A major, E minor, G major, C major, A minor, G minor, C♯ minor, B major, F♯ major, E major, D minor, B♭ major.