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The String Quartet No. 14 in C ♯ minor, Op. 131, was completed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1826. It is the last-composed of a trio of string quartets , written in the order Opp. 132 , 130 (with the Große Fuge ending), 131.
Also released in the box set, Beethoven-The Late Quartets as Played at the Edinburgh International Festival in 1957; New York Herald Tribune Review of Books 1957: "The great C sharp minor Quartet Op. 131 is a brilliant achievement. The Hollywood Quartet has a distinctive collective tone, bright and clean without being edgy.
The opening motto of op. 132, which ultimately reappears in op. 131's finale, consists of the first four notes of the opening bars (see example B). The subject of the "Grosse Fuge” finale of the B-flat major, op. 130 follows the same pattern with the rising sixth between notes 1 and 3 increased from minor to major (see example C).
The second movement is an autumnal waltz, reminiscent of Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella, while the third movement is an expressive and singing slow movement. The finale, in D-flat major (C-sharp major enharmonic), contains an innocent cheerfulness.
A string quartet in performance. From left to right: violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello. The early history of the string quartet is in many ways the history of the development of the genre by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn.
Even so, Johannes Brahms still felt the need to rewrite his C-sharp minor piano quartet in C minor, which was published as Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60. [citation needed] The last intermezzo from his Three Intermezzi for piano, Op. 117 is in C-sharp minor. Alkan composed the second movement (Adagio) for Concerto for Solo Piano in C ...
Plus, an original song by Tori Kelly.
Beethoven uses new effects, never before essayed in the string quartet literature: the ethereal, dreamlike effect of open intervals between the high E string and the open A string in the second movement of quartet Op. 132; the use of sul ponticello (playing on the bridge of the violin) for a brittle, scratchy sound in the Presto movement of Op ...