String Quartet No. 15 (Schubert)

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]

  1. ^ "Schubert Worklist (Chamber Music)". The Schubert Institute (UK). Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Schubert, Franz ( Peter )". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. 2001. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.25109. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
  3. ^ Brown, Maurice John Edwin; Sams, Eric (1983). The New Grove Schubert. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-393-31586-8.
  4. ^ "String Quartet in G major, D.887 (Schubert, Franz) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download". imslp.org. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  5. ^ Frisch, Walter (2000). "'You Must Remember This': Memory and Structure in Schubert's String Quartet in G Major, D. 887". The Musical Quarterly. 84 (4): 582–603. doi:10.1093/mq/84.4.582. JSTOR 742597.