T: String Quartet in G Major, K. 80, III (Menuetto)

Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart (1756-1791) was one of the most influential composers of the classical era. He was already proficient on violin and piano by age 5, which is the aforementioned(prenominal) age in which he began composing. In 1770, when Mozart was 14 years old, he composed String Quartet in G Major, K. 80. The cast quartet has 4 movements Adagio, Allegro, Menuetto, and Rondeao Allegro. The third movement, Menuetto, begins in the key of G major, but modulates to D major on hold fast one of measure 12. It then modulates back to G major on beat one of measure 16. When listening to a recording of the movement, it is big(a) to hear the modulation because Mozart snuck in the C sharps so smoothly.Mozart uses non-harmonic tones in the starting time violin, second violin, viola, and violoncello parts. In measure three, the violin has a near tone and an appoggiatura. The violin also has escape tones through and throughout the piece. -3 and 6-5 suspensions occur in measures 4 and 2 4 in the first violin and viola parts. end-to-end the movement, in that respect are ephemeral tones and neighboring tones in the second violin, viola, and cello parts. There are also many 6/4 chords, including passing 6/4 chords in measures 3, 11, 12, and 14. This movement has two sections A and B. However, A occurs again at the end of the movement. The first section, A, occurs in the measures 1 through 8, and has two parts a and b. This section is a contrasting period, because there is a one-half cadence on measure 4, a unblemished certain cadence on measure 8, and the entire section repeats. The contiguous section, B, occurs in measures 9-20, and has three parts a, b, and c. There is a perfect veritable cadence at measure 16, and a half cadence at measure 20. Section A occurs again from measures 21-28. There is a half cadence at measure 24 and a perfect authentic cadence at measure 28. The entire movement is in sectional rounded binary form.