BEETHOVEN Late String Quartets (op. 127, 130-133, 135). Partitura tascabile Barenreiter

The String Quartet op. 127 marks the beginning of a series of five works in this genre, which Ludwig van Beethoven predominantly occupied himself with during the last years of his life and after several personal and creative crises. This compositional period was triggered by Nikolaus Prince Galitzin, who, as “both an enthusiastic music lover and a great admirer of your talent”, had asked Beethoven to write new string quartets in 1822. In addition to op. 127 (1824), the quartets op. 132 (1825) – “a tremendous work, tremendously special in the lyrical movement and the indescribable last” (Thomas Mann) – and op. 130 (1826), whose climax was originally the Grand Fugue op. 133, are also dedicated to the cello-playing prince. However, it proved to be a stumbling block at the first performance due to its immense difficulties, so that Beethoven was asked to write a substitute finale and to publish the final movement separately and with its own opus number as “a work of art lying outside the re

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Aggiornato il 10/06/2026