[2] The ballet is plotless and has four movements, titled Allegro, Intermezzo, Andante and Rondo Alla Zingarese.
[3] In the original production, Barbara Karinska, Peter Harvey and Ronald Bates designed the costumes, sets and lighting respectively.
[1][4] In 1985, two years after Balanchine died, NYCB switched to a new set designed by David Mitchell,[1][3] Mark Stanley later redesigned the lighting.
[5] On the premiere, The New York Times critic Clive Barnes called the ballet "careful but tedious".
"[6] In 2016, the Paris Opera Ballet performed Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet with new sets and costumes by Karl Lagerfeld.