D. 956

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D. 956 is Franz Schubert’s celebrated String Quintet in C major, renowned for its profound emotional depth, innovative scoring with two cellos, and status as one of the greatest chamber works in the classical repertoire.

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instanceOf chamber music composition ⓘ
classical music composition ⓘ
string quintet ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Schubert Quintet in C major, D. 956 ⓘ
Schubert String Quintet in C major ⓘ
approximateDuration about 50 minutes ⓘ
associatedComposerFullName Franz Peter Schubert ⓘ
linked to: Franz Schubert
catalogNumber D. 956 ⓘ
composedIn Vienna ⓘ
composedInFinalYearOfLifeOf Franz Schubert ⓘ
composer Franz Schubert ⓘ
compositionDate 1828 ⓘ
compositionPeriod late 1828 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1853 ⓘ
firstPublisher Diabelli ⓘ
genre string chamber music ⓘ
hasKeySection Adagio in E major with contrasting turbulent middle section ⓘ
historicalReputation masterpiece of the chamber music repertoire ⓘ
instrumentationInnovation addition of a second cello to standard string quartet ⓘ
key C major ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movement I. Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ
II. Adagio ⓘ
III. Scherzo: Presto – Trio: Andante sostenuto ⓘ
IV. Allegretto ⓘ
notableFeature considered one of the greatest chamber works in the classical repertoire ⓘ
renowned for profound emotional depth ⓘ
slow movement Adagio is especially celebrated ⓘ
uses two cellos instead of two violas ⓘ
numberOfMovements 4 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. posth. ⓘ
originalTitle Streichquintett in C-Dur ⓘ
premiereStatusDuringComposerLifetime not publicly performed during Schubert’s lifetime ⓘ
scoring two cellos ⓘ
two violins ⓘ
viola ⓘ
stylePeriod early Romantic ⓘ
title String Quintet in C major ⓘ
tonality first movement in C major ⓘ
fourth movement in C major ⓘ
second movement in E major ⓘ
third movement in C major with contrasting trio ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput late chamber work ⓘ
workOf Franz Schubert ⓘ

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