Early String Quartets Op. 18 Complete

by Beethoven, Ludwig van

• ISBN13: 9780486431338
• ISBN10: 0486431339
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-30
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This buoyant, youthful-sounding set of chamber music contains all six works in Beethoven's Op. 18: Quartet No. 1 in F major, No. 2 in G major, No. 3 in D major, No. 4 in C minor, No. 5 in A major, and Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major. Ideal for study in the classroom, at home, or in the concert hall, this affordable new miniature-score edition offers music lovers, performers, and students an opportunity to study Beethoven's early quartets in an accessible, convenient format.

Author Biography

The triumphant genius of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) casts a long shadow over classical music — no other composer of the past two centuries has exercised an influence more profound than his. A product of the classicist generation, he was the first of the Romantics, and his exhilarating works remain undiminished in their powers of enchantment.

Table of Contents

The six quartets of Op. 18 were composed in 1800 and published in 1801.
String Quartet No. 1 in F Major
Op. 18, No. 1
I. Allegro con brio	1	(7)
II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionata	8	(5)
III. Scherzo: Allegro molto	13	(2)
IV Allegro	15	(10)
String Quartet No. 2 in G Major	25	(18)
Op. 18, No. 2
I. Allegro	25	(6)
II. Adagio cantabile	31	(3)
Allegro	31	(1)
Tempo I	32	(2)
III. Scherzo: Allegro	34	(2)
IV Allegro molto quasi Presto	36	(7)
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major	43	(22)
Op. 18, No. 3
I. Allegro	43	(6)
II. Andante con moto	49	(5)
IIL Allegro	54	(2)
IV Presto	56	(9)
String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor	65	(18)
Op. 18, No. 4
I. Allegro ma non tanto	65	(6)
II. Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto	71	(5)
III. Menluetto: Allegretto	76	(2)
IV Allegro	78	(5)
Prestissimo	81	(2)
String Quartet No. 5 in A Major	83	(20)
Op. 18, No. 5
I. Allegro	83	(5)
II. Menuetto	88	(2)
III. [Theme and Five Variations] Andante cantabile	90	(5)
IV. Allegro	95	(8)
String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major	103
Op. 18, No. 6
I. Allegro con brio	103	(6)
II. Adagio ma non troppo	109	(4)
III. Scherzo: Allegro	113	(1)
IV. La Malinconia: Adagio	114
Allegretto quasi Allegro	115	(3)
Tempo I	118	(1)
Adagio...Allegretto	119	(1)
poco Adagio....Prestissimo	120