BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS OP 59 74 95
Softcover Book
Publisher: Henle
Format: Softcover
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Editor: Paul Mies
Beethoven: Quartet C major op. 59,3 [Rasumowsky] C major op. 59,3 • Beethoven: Quartet E flat majeur op. 74 [Harp Quartet] E flat major op. 74 • Beethoven: Quartet E minor op. 59,2 [Rasumowsky] e minor op. 59,2 • Beethoven: Quartet F major op. 59,1 [Rasumowsky] F major op. 59,1 • Beethoven: Quartet f minor op. 95
The five string quartets in this volume are generally designated as Beethoven's middle quartets, even though stylistically they do not all build a closed unit. More than three years lie between the inception of the three quartets op. 59 (1806) and the quartet op. 74 (1809/10). In the quartets op. 59, Beethoven sprinkled several Russian folksong themes - an homage to Prince Razumovsky, who had commissioned the works.This is why the pieces are often called the Russian Quartets. The next quartet, op. 74 in E flat major, was also given a nickname: thanks to extended pizzicato passages in the first movement, it is frequently called the Harp Quartet. The F minor Quartet op. 95, in turn, bears the autograph title Quartett serioso. All five quartets are mature masterworks which demand high interpretative and technical mastery.
Item #: 051480268
UPC: 884088174644
Size: 12.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 256
Stock #: HL51480268