String Quartet No. 7 in D major, Op. 192 No. 2 ("Die schöne Müllerin")

Joachim Raff · 1822–1882 · Swiss-German

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as The Fair Maid of the Mill

Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 31 min
Composed: 1874
Era: Early Romantic

Notes

Cycle of six movements after Wilhelm Müller's poems; the title is Die schöne Müllerin, as in Schubert's songs

About this work

Composed: 1874

Der Jüngling. Allegretto ()
Die Mühle. Allegro ()
Die Müllerin. Andante quasi adagietto ()
Unruhe. Allegro ()
Erklärung. Andantino quasi allegretto () - Più moto quasi allegro () - Tempo I
Zum Polterabend. Vivace () - Un poco più moto

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