The String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887, was the last quartet written by Franz Schubert in June 1826.[1][2] It was posthumously published in 1851, as Op. 161.[3] The work focuses on lyrical ideas and explores far-reaching major and minor modes, which was uncommon to this degree in his compositions. Schubert reinforced this with a range of dynamic contrast and use of texture and pizzicato.[4] The structural form of the movements in this quartet are somewhat ambiguous due to Schubert's focus on lyricism rather than traditional harmonic structure.[5]
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