Death and the Maiden

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Death and the Maiden is the popular nickname for Franz Schubert’s dramatic String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, renowned for its intense emotional contrasts and use of his earlier song of the same name as the basis for its slow movement.

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Death and the Maiden canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic-era composition ⓘ
chamber music composition ⓘ
classical music composition ⓘ
string quartet ⓘ
approximateCompositionYear 1824 ⓘ
associatedWith Viennese classical tradition ⓘ
basedOn song "Der Tod und das Mädchen" ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Franz Schubert ⓘ
catalogNumber D 810 ⓘ
characteristic intense emotional contrasts ⓘ
use of variation form in slow movement ⓘ
composedBy Franz Schubert ⓘ
composer Franz Schubert ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
firstPerformanceCentury 19th century ⓘ
frequentlyPerformedBy professional string quartets ⓘ
genre string quartet ⓘ
hasForm multi-movement sonata cycle ⓘ
hasMovement I. Allegro ⓘ
II. Andante con moto ⓘ
III. Scherzo: Allegro molto ⓘ
IV. Presto ⓘ
hasNickname Death and the Maiden ⓘ
hasOpusLikeDesignation D 810 ⓘ
hasSlowMovementForm theme and variations ⓘ
hasTempoIndication Allegro ⓘ
Allegro molto ⓘ
Andante con moto ⓘ
Presto ⓘ
hasTheme dialogue between death and a young woman (from source song) ⓘ
hasTitle String Quartet No. 14 in D minor ⓘ
influencedGenre Romantic string quartet repertoire ⓘ
inKeyFamily minor key quartets by Schubert ⓘ
instrumentation cello ⓘ
two violins ⓘ
viola ⓘ
key D minor ⓘ
languageOfSourceSong German ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableFor dark and dramatic character ⓘ
integration of lied material into chamber music ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
popularNicknameOf String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810 ⓘ
sharesTitleWith song "Death and the Maiden" by Franz Schubert ⓘ
sourceSongTextBy Matthias Claudius ⓘ
style dramatic ⓘ
usesThemeInMovement slow movement ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput String Quartet No. 14 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ariel Dorfman → notableWork → Death and the Maiden ⓘ
Death and the Maiden → hasNickname → Death and the Maiden ⓘ