<Li> Allegretto molto moderato e comodo (F minor, ends in F major) </Li> <Li> Allegro (C minor) </Li> <P> The String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, also highly unified thematically, is comparatively lyrical, although culminating in a dramatic and propulsive finale whose tension "derives...from a metrical conflict between theme and accompaniment ." Like Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1 and Violin Concerto, the A minor quartet has a final movement modeled on a Hungarian folk dance, in this case a czárdás . The quartet consists of four movements: </P> <Ol> <Li> Allegro non troppo (A minor) </Li> <Li> Andante moderato (A major) </Li> <Li> Quasi Minuetto, moderato (A minor) </Li> <Li> Finale . Allegro non assai (A minor) </Li> </Ol>

Brahms string quartet no 1 in c minor