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String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44 No. 2

4 movements

Felix Mendelssohn · 1837–38 · E minor · 1124 bars · 1512 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 minor, B minor, G major, A minor, C major, E major, C♯ minor, B major, F♯ minor, D major, G minor, D minor.