String Quartets Nos. 1-6, Op.18 (study score) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Edited by Paul Mies and Nancy November, with a preface by Ernst Herttrich. Published by Henle
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was the most influential and admired composer of the Romantic Era, and is considered today to be among the greatest composers of classical music to ever live. His music is known variously for its compositional rigor, sublime beauty, organic development, gripping urgency, and life-affirming, universal humanism. He left a significant mark on almost every classical genre he worked in, from string quartets to symphonies.
Beethoven's cycle of sixteen string quartets spans his entire compositional career and is often considered to be the most significant ever composed, guiding the form from its classical beginnings thru the freer expression of the Romantic Era and even pointing to developments far in the future. His Op.18 quartets, the first six he composed, date from 1798-1800. They are classical in conception and contain discernable influences from Mozart, yet they show Romantic Era pathways for the genre and are unmistakably Beethoven. This Henle urtext study score draws from important, recently unearthed manuscripts with richer dynamics and articulations, the only edition to do so. In addition to the Op.18, it also includes Beethoven's own string quartet arrangement of his Piano Sonata in F Major, Op.14/1 from the same time, as well as a Menuett, WoO 209 and an earlier version of Op.18/1. Edited by Paul Mies and Nancy November, with a preface by Ernst Herttrich. Study score only.
- CONTENTS:
- String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op.18/1
- String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op.18/2
- String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op.18/3
- String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op.18/4
- String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op.18/5
- String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op.18/6
- String Quartet after the Piano Sonata in F Major, Op.14/1
- Menuett, WoO 209
- String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op.18/1 (early version)
