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#Allegro, in D minor and common time #Andante con moto, in G minor and divided common (2:2) time # Scherzo : Allegro molto, in D minor and 3:4 time # Presto , in D minor in 6:8 The opening movement is, along with that of the preceding and next quartet and that of his String Quintet , among the most extended and substantial in his chamber music output, if not in his output as a whole. It is a Sonata Form movement whose exposition encompasses three main key regions, D minor, F major and A minor. The second movement is a theme — taken from his macabre song '' Der Tod Und Das Mädchen '' (D 531 in Deutsch's catalog) — and five variations, with Coda . The third movement's main theme can also be heard in one of a set of piano dances; its lyrical D major trio varies its 'repeats'. The relentless finale- Tarantella is a sonata-rondo in form — a rondo whose first episode returns as the last, and whose central section contains elements of development. Its coda promises major-mode triumph, and snatches it away. ARRANGEMENTS In 1878, Robert Franz transcribed the quartet for piano duet. This is one of the quartet works, along with Beethoven 's String Quartet No. 11 In F Minor (''"Quartetto Serioso"'') , that Mahler arranged for use by a string orchestra, mostly by doubling some of the cello parts with Double Bass es. In 1930 the British composer John Foulds made a version "as a Symphony " for full (classical) orchestra. APPEARANCES IN FILM AND TELEVISION Ariel Dorfman 's 1991 play '' Death And The Maiden '' and its 1994 Film Adaptation (directed by Roman Polanski ) take their names from the quartet. Additionally, Schubert's quartet has been used in the score of at least the following:
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