Schubert's 'Death & the Maiden' D.810, 3rd Movement

Franz Schubert's 'Death & the Maiden' D.810, 3rd Movement, being performed at a concert in C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre, Delhi.

The Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, the Delhi Music Society in cooperation with the India International Centre presented this concert.

Schubert 'Death & the Maiden' D.810:

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.

The quartet was first played in 1826 in a private home, and was not published until 1831, three years after Schubert's death. Yet, passed over in his lifetime, the quartet has become a staple of the quartet repertoire. It is D. 810 in Otto Erich Deutsch's thematic catalog of Schubert's works.

Third movement: Scherzo Allegro molto

Cobbett describes the third movement as the "dance of the demon fiddler". There is indeed something demonic in this fast-paced scherzo, full of syncopations and, like the other movements, dramatic leaps from fortissimo to pianissimo.

The scherzo is designed as a classical minuet: two strains in 3/4 time, repeated, in D minor, followed by a contrasting trio section in D major, at a slower tempo, and ending with a recapitulation of the opening strains. The trio section is the only real respite from the compelling pace of the whole quartet: a typically Schubertesque melody, with the first violin playing a dancing descant above the melody line in the lower voices.

The scherzo is a short movement, serving as an interlude leading to the frenetic last movement.

Source : Wikipedia

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