Contenu
- 1. Allegro maestoso
- 2. Larghetto cantabile
- 3. Presto, Andante grazioso, Presto, Canon, Presto
- 4. Fuga, Alla breve
First publication
In its technical development the first movement is modelled on the first movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet op. 18/1.
Besides thematic, harmonic and figural echoes and similarities such as the time signature and the use of characteristic accentuation, the reduction of the movement’s motifs to one central theme is of particular note.