String Quartet No. 1 (Beethoven)
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Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 1 in F major was published in 1801 as opus 18, no. 1, and was written between 1798 and 1800. It is actually the second string quartet that Beethoven composed.
The quartet consists of four movements:
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Approximate duration (minutes) 1. Allegro con brio 6½ - 10 (varies widely) 2. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato 10 3. Scherzo: Allegro molto 3½ - 4 4. Allegro 6½ - 7
According to Beethoven's friend Karl Amenda, the second movement was inspired by the tomb scene from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The quartet was heavily revised between the version that Amenda first received and the version that was sent to the publisher a year later, including changing the second movement's marking from Adagio molto to the more specific Adagio affetuouso ed appassionato. Of these modifications, Beethoven wrote:
- "Be sure not to hand on to anybody your quartet, in which I have made some drastic alterations. For only now have I learnt to write quartets; and this you will notice, I fancy, when you receive them." [Winter & Martin, p. 151]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Robert Winter, Robert Martin eds. (1994). The Beethoven Quartet Companion. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-08211-7. ; especially the essay by Michael Steinberg (pp. 150-155)
| String Quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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| String quartets, Op. 18 | Op. 18 No. 1 | Op. 18 No. 2 | Op. 18 No. 3 | Op. 18 No. 4 | Op. 18 No. 5 | Op. 18 No. 6 |
| String quartets, Op. 59 ("Rasumovsky") | Op. 59 No. 1 | Op. 59 No. 2 | Op. 59 No. 3 |
| Middle period quartets | Op. 74 ("Harp") | Op. 95 ("Serioso") |
| Late quartets | Op. 127 | Op. 130 | Op. 131 | Op. 132 | Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 | Op. 135 |
| Arrangement by Beethoven of Op. 14 No. 1 |
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