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String Quartet in A minor, D. 804, No. 13 “Rosamunde”

4 movements

Franz Schubert · 1824 · A minor · 868 bars · 666 chords analysed

The slow movement reuses a tune from Schubert's music for the play Rosamunde.

Schubert started writing quartets as a teenager for his family to play — his father on cello, his brothers on violin. The late ones, “Rosamunde”, “Death and the Maiden” and the G major, are among his greatest works.

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