Tag: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor D. 810 (Death and the Maiden)

  • PROGRAM NOTES: DANISH STRING QUARTET II

    PROGRAM NOTES: DANISH STRING QUARTET II

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    Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor D. 810 (Death and 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…