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Composer | ![]() Schubert, Franz Peter (1797 - 1828) |
Instrumentation | Saxophone quartet |
Sheet central | Death and the Maiden (15 sheet music) |
Style | Romantic |
Arranger | ![]() |
Date | 1824 |
Copyright | Copyright © Dewagtere, Bernard |
Other title | Der Tod und das Mädchen - La muerte y la doncella - La morte e la fanciulla - |
Added by bernard-dewagtere, 28 Oct 2011 | |
The String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, known as Death
and the Maiden, by Franz Schubert, is one of the
pillars of the chamber music repertoire. Composed in
1824, after the composer suffered through a serious
illness and realized that he was dying, it is
Schubert's testament to death. The quartet is named for
the theme of the second movement, which Schubert took
from a song he wrote in 1817 of the same title; but the
theme of death is palpable in all four movements of the
quartet. (Wikipedia) |