String Quartet No. 8 (Schubert) Explained

The String Quartet No. 8 (D 112) in B-flat major was composed by Franz Schubert in 1814. It was posthumously published as Op. 168.

Movements

1. Allegro ma non troppo (B-flat major)
2. Andante sostenuto (G minor)
3. Menuetto: Allegro (E-flat major, with Trio in E-flat major)
4. Presto (B-flat major)

Sources

• Franz Schubert's Works, Series V: Streichquartette edited by Joseph Hellmesberger and Eusebius Mandyczewski. Breitkopf & Härtel, 1890.
• Otto Erich Deutsch (and others). Schubert Thematic Catalogue (several editions), No. 112.
• New Schubert Edition, Series VI, Volume 4: String Quartets II edited by Werner Aderhold, Bärenreiter, 1994.