Sheet Music for Strings

Beethoven was almost thirty years old when he ventured to compose a string quartet for the first time. Could he have been intimidated by the influential models of this young genre of Haydn and Mozart?...

Some of Beethoven's lasting and enduringly successful works date from his so-called "middle creative period". Some of Beethoven's lasting and enduringly successful works date from his so-called "middl...

Violine (2), Viola, Violoncello - Studienpartitur; Urtextausgabe

> Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarship, with detailed separate Critical Commentary (Eng) > Parts ideally laid out for performance purposes This new scholarly-critical edition of String Qu...

Obwohl Beethoven die Veröffentlichung seiner Streichquartette op. 130 und op. 133 nicht mehr erlebt hat, begleitete er doch den Produktionsprozess, indem er Korrekturen vornahm und den Werken ihre end...

Although Beethoven did not live to see the publication of his String Quartets op. 130 and op. 133, he nevertheless accompanied the production process by making corrections and giving the works their f...

Many anecdotes surround String Quartet op. 131: Beethoven is said to have considered it to be his finest quartet and of his late period works, the one dearest to his heart. It is also believed that th...

There are many anecdotes surrounding the String Quartet op. 131: Beethoven described it as his best work; looking back on the works of his last creative period, this string quartet was closest to his...

After years of several personal and creative crises, the last two years of Beethoven's life were marked by an irrepressible creative urge that was directed almost exclusively towards the string quarte...

a tremendous work, tremendously special in the lyrical movement and the indescribable last (Thomas Mann) After years of several personal and creative crises, the last two years of Beethoven's life wer...

Even by today's standards, the Grosse Fuge is a complicated work and presents a challenge for its performers. But it was published - for the first time in music history - with a helpful addition: rehe...

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 sever...

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 sever...

Beethoven worked on his String Quartet in F major op. 135 in Gneixendorf near Krems, where he hoped to recover with his nephew Karl from his failed suicide attempt in the summer of 1826. The work stan...

In den Instrumentalwerken Martins hat das tänzerische Element immer eine hervorstechende Rolle gespielt. Sowohl am Anfang als auch am Ende der 1935 entstandenen Rhapsodie überwiegt das heitere, unbesc...

Rihm schuf mit seinem dritten Streichquartett ein Werk, das sich an der schwärmerischen Tonsprache der frühen Wiener Schule (einschließlich der Verklärten Nacht) und an den unlogischen Verknüpfungen e...