String Quartet No. 4 (Beethoven)
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Ludwig van Beethoven's
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor was published in 1801 as opus
18, no. 4, and was written between 1798 and 1800. It consists of four movements
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As noted in the program notes of the Hyperion recording and elsewhere, it is thought that this quartet may be in part based upon earlier material.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor was published in 1801 as opus
Opus number
An Opus number , pl. opera and opuses, abbreviated, sing. Op. and pl. Opp. refers to a number generally assigned by composers to an individual composition or set of compositions on publication, to help identify their works...
18, no. 4, and was written between 1798 and 1800. It consists of four movements
Movement (music)
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...
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- Allegro ma non tanto
- Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
- MenuettoMinuetA minuet, also spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted from Italian minuetto and French menuet, and may have been from French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or from the early 17th-century popular...
: Allegretto - Allegro - Prestissimo
As noted in the program notes of the Hyperion recording and elsewhere, it is thought that this quartet may be in part based upon earlier material.
External links
- Sleeve notes to the Hyperion recording of the Beethoven quartets (Login required)
- Performance by the Orion String QuartetOrion String QuartetThe Orion String Quartet is a string quartet formed in 1987. It is the quartet-in-residence of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and New York's Mannes College of Music. The members are Todd and Daniel Phillips, brothers who alternate on first and second violin, violist Steven Tenenbom...
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