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String Quartet No. 1, Op. 41 No. 1

4 movements

Robert Schumann · 1842 · A minor · 963 bars · 1035 chords analysed

Schumann's three quartets were written in a few summer weeks of 1842, after he had studied the quartets of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. He dedicated them to Mendelssohn.

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