Saturday, April 27, 2013

String Quartet No. 4, Op. 18, Movement IV: Rondo- Ludwig van Beethoven

Period: Classical

This awesome piece has an instrumental timbre featuring the awesome sounds of two violins, a viola, and a cello.  The harmony is full and upbeat with some slower and deeper features.  The dynamics vary with crescendos and features that are in all f or p.  The texture is homophonic with a recurring theme and I'm pretty sure at one point it was polyphonic? But it was kind of hard to tell since it was such a small group but both were playing interacting parts.  It had a fast rhythm when it features the leading violin, but sometimes slowed down to a more relaxed tempo.  This is clearly a classical piece because its in Rondo form as well as the melody was easy to remember.

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