Gadzira shanduro yakaoma zvikuru yemutsara uyu Quartet yakatumidzwa nokuda kwenyaya yechikamu chechipiri, icho Schubert akatora kubva murwiyo rwaakanyora muna 1817 rwomusoro mumwe chetewo.
Chokwadika, shanduro yakaoma zvikuru yemutsara wacho ndeiyi "The quartet is named for the theme of the second movement, which Schubert took from a song he wrote in 1817 of the same title; but the theme of death is palpable in all four movements of the quartet".