String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden"

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String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" is one of Franz Schubert’s most celebrated and dramatic chamber works, renowned for its intense emotional contrasts and its use of material from his earlier song of the same name.

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instanceOf chamber music composition
string quartet
approximateCompositionYear 1824–1826
associatedSongPoet Matthias Claudius
basedOn song "Der Tod und das Mädchen" D 531
catalogNumber D 810
composer Franz Schubert
surface form: Austrian composer Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert
composerBirthYear 1797
composerDeathYear 1828
compositionYear 1824
dedicationStatus no known formal dedication
firstMovementTitle Allegro
followsWork String Quartet No. 13 in A minor "Rosamunde"
fourthMovementTitle Presto
genre Romantic chamber music
string quartet
historicalReputation central work of the Romantic chamber music repertoire
one of Schubert’s most celebrated string quartets
influencedBy Schubert’s awareness of his own illness and mortality
key D minor
languageOfTitle German
movementCount 4
nickname Death and the Maiden
notableFeature dramatic character
dramatic rhythmic drive
frequent dynamic contrasts
intense emotional contrasts
prominent use of D minor tonality
use of material from Schubert’s earlier song "Der Tod und das Mädchen"
numberInSeries 14
partOf Schubert string quartets
period Romantic era
placeOfComposition Vienna
scoring two violins, viola, and cello
secondMovementForm theme and variations
secondMovementSourceMaterial piano accompaniment of the song "Der Tod und das Mädchen"
secondMovementTitle Andante con moto
songTextLanguage German
structure four-movement cycle
style late Schubert
subjectMatter confrontation between death and a young girl
thirdMovementTitle Scherzo: Allegro molto
tonalCenter D minor
typicalEnsemble professional string quartet
typicalPerformanceDuration about 35–40 minutes
usesMotif death motif from the song "Der Tod und das Mädchen"
workTitleInGerman String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Streichquartett Nr. 14 d-Moll "Der Tod und das Mädchen"

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Franz Schubert notableWork String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden"
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" workTitleInGerman String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Streichquartett Nr. 14 d-Moll "Der Tod und das Mädchen"