Tag: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor

Franz SchubertString Quartet No. 14 in D minor  (“Death & the Maiden”) Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” string quartet is a sombre work, with all four of its movements set in a minor key. It takes its name from the composer’s lied Der Tod und das Mädchen (1817) that provides the theme for the quartet’s…