The string trio, which happens to be the longest of the eight movements, is rooted in conventional tonality. It begins with a fanfare in D flat major ('aux armes, citoyens!'), then seeks a 'freer' tonality by means of the 'emancipation of the semitone' only to capitulate in the central section by returning to a clear traditional tonality rooted in A minor. Finally it 'falls back to earth' by winding down in G sharp minor (= A flat minor = as-Moll in German notation).

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