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String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130
Ludwig van Beethoven · 1770–1827 · German
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 43 min
- Composed
- 1825 (rev. 1826)
- Era
- Classical
Notes
Six movements; the replacement finale of 1826 is usually played, the Grosse Fuge sometimes restored
About this work
- Composed
- 1825, rev.1825-26
- Dedicated to
- Prinz Galitzin
- First performed
- 22 April 1827 in Vienna, Musikvereinsaal
- Adagio ma non troppo — Allegro
- Presto
- Andante con moto ma non troppo
- Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai
- Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
- Finale. Allegro
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