Quartetto op 132 di beethoven biography

  • quartetto op 132 di beethoven biography

    • String Quartet No. 15 (Beethoven)

    String quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven

    The String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132, by Ludwig van Beethoven, was written in 1825, given its public premiere on November 6 of that year by the Schuppanzigh Quartet and was dedicated to Count Nikolai Galitzin, as were Opp. 127 and 130. The number traditionally assigned to it is based on the order of its publication; it is actually the thirteenth quartet in order of composition.

    Music

    The five movements of the quartet are:

    1. Assai sostenuto – Allegro (A minor)
    2. Allegro ma non tanto (A major)
    3. "Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der Lydischen Tonart". Molto adagio – Andante (F Lydian)
    4. Alla marcia, assai vivace (attacca) (A major)
    5. Allegro appassionato (A minor – A major)

    The performance of the work takes around 45 minutes.

    I. Assai sostenuto – Allegro

    The slow introduction to the first movement, like that of the thirteenth quartet, is based on a moti