String Quartet Lectures

1. Emotional
Language of
Beethoven

3. 1783 (age: 13)

4. Early Quartets
Opus 18, No 6
1799

5. Ex 1: Op. 18 No. 6
IV. La Malinconia, beginning

6. Ex 2: Ending of La Malinconia, and beginning of Allegretto

7. Ex 1: Op. 18 No. 6
IV. La Malinconia, beginning

8. Ex 2: Ending of La Malinconia, and beginning of Allegretto

9. Middle Quartets
Opus 59, No 3
1806

11. Ex 1: Op. 59 No. 3,
IV. Allegro molto, beginning

15. Ex 1: Op. 59 No. 3,
IV. Allegro molto, beginning

19. Ex 2: Op. 59 No 3, IV. Allegro molto, ending

21. Ex 2: Op. 59 No 3, IV. Allegro molto, ending

23. Middle Quartets
Opus 74
1809

24. Op. 74 Mvt, III. Presto

30. Op. 74 Mvt, III. Presto

36. Middle Quartets
Opus 95
1810

37. Op. 95
II. Allegretto ma non troppo, opening 12 bars

38. 1814 (age : 44)

39. 1818 (age: 48)

40. 1819 (age: 49)

41. 1823 (age: 53)

42. Late Quartets
Opus 130
1825

43. Late Quartets
1822-1826
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Chronological order of composition:
Op. 127
Op. 132
Op. 130 (Große Fuge ending)
Op. 131
Op. 135
Finale for Op. 130

44. Op. 130
I. Adagio ma non troppo, Allegro

46. Op. 130
I. Adagio ma non troppo, Allegro

48. Op. 130
II. Presto

53. Op. 130
II. Presto

60. 1823 (age: 53)

61. Op. 130
V. Cavatina « Beklemmt »

63. Op. 130
V. Cavatina « Beklemmt »

66. Late Quartets
Opus 131
1826

67. Ex 1: Op. 131
V. Presto, beginning

69. Ex 1: Op. 131
V. Presto, beginning

71. Ex 2: Opus 131, end of Presto & beginning of Adagio

74. Ex 2: Opus 131, end of Presto & beginning of Adagio

77. Ex 1: Op. 131
VII : Allegro, beginning to fade out

78. Ex 2: Op. 131
VII: Allegro, ending

79. Ex 1: Op. 131
VII : Allegro, beginning to fade out

80. Ex 2: Op. 131
VII: Allegro, ending

81. Late Quartets
Große Fuge, Opus 133
1825

82. Ex 1: Op. 133, Große Fuge, beginning

85. Ex 1: Op. 133, Große Fuge, beginning

88. Ex 2: Op. 133 Große Fuge, ending

92. Ex 2: Op. 133 Große Fuge, ending

96. 1830