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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance' — III. Allegretto (Musopen String Quartet) — Musopen String Quartet

String Quartet No. 19 In C Major K465 Dissonance

PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDINGWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance' — III. Allegretto (Musopen String Quartet) — Musopen String QuartetWolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Musopen String QuartetPlay full recording
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01 / The first 30 seconds

30-second entrance

Do not treat it as sad background music. Hear the triplets ripple like water before the melody matters.

Mood / situation

Night, solitude, slowing attention

Minute to hear first

00:00–00:50: listen only to the flowing triplets, then let the bass appear.

02 / LISTEN FOR

Three things to wait for

  1. Triplets as water
  2. Bass like distant bells
  3. A melody that withholds rather than weeps

03 / RIGHTS

Copyright and source

Wikimedia Commons

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04 / VERSION

Version / performer information

Moonlight suffers when played too sweetly. Strong versions keep a little coldness and let harmony glow by itself.

PERFORMERMusopen String Quartet324s · PUBLIC-DOMAIN

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