Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130 / Große Fugue, Op. 133
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- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
- Editor: Ulrich Konrad
- Format: Facsimile of The Autograph
- Instrumentation: String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)
- Binding: Hardcover
- Work Languages: English, German
- ISBN:
- Size: 13.8 x 11.6 inches
- Pages: 277
Description
"Unintelligible, like Chinese", a contemporary Viennese critic remarked on the premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Große Fugue, Op. 133 in March 1826. Before Beethoven penned a more concise finale, the Große Fugue concluded his String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130, a remarkable work in every sense of the word and one of the boldest of its time. with its six movements, it defies traditional form and today, it is regarded as a pinnacle among Beethoven's late string quartets.
After the composer's death, the original manuscript suffered a strange fate. It was separated into movements and distributed to different owners.
The parts of the autograph strewn across libraries in Europe and the United States have now been reunited in this facsimile edition for the first time in over 190 years.
The facsimile is rendered in high-quality colour printing, reproducing the autograph in such detail that Beethoven's correction process where he pasted over previous entries becomes evident. Without disturbing the bibliophilic overall impression, movement and measure numbers have been added to each page to facilitate usage. An Introduction by renowned musicologist Ulrich Konrad, winner of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, elaborates on the work's distinctive features and its history.
Contents:
- Facsimile:
- String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130:
- I. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro
- II. Presto
- III. Poco scherzoso. Andante con moto ma non troppo
- IV. Alla Danza tedesca. Allegro assai
- V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
- VI. Finale. Allegro
- Grande Fugue in B-flat Major, Op. 133
- Commentary:
- From the Holding Libraries (Geleitworte der Bibliotheken)
- Ulrich Konrad: "new throughout, and as strikingly new as possible":
- Works of a late period or late works?
- Genesis of the work
- The broken unity of the autograph
- Forms of notation and corrections
- The manuscripts of the individual movements
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Ulrich Konrad: "überall neu, auch möglichst auffallend neu":
- Teil eines Spätwerks or späte Werke?
- Entstehung des Werkes
- Die verlorene Einheit des Autographs
- Notationsformen and Korrekturen
- Die einzelnen Satzmanuskripte
- Schluss
- Anmerkungen
- Index of Manuscripts / Verzeichnis der Handschriften
Works:
- String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130
- Große Fugue, Op. 133
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