Grosse Fuge for String Quartet Op.133 (Study Score)

Beethoven Grosse Fuge for String Quartet Op.133 (Study Score)

Although Beethoven did not live to see the publication of his String Quartets Op.130 and Op.133, he oversaw the production process, making corrections and putting the works into their final form.  The String Quartet Op.130 is the longest piece within Beethoven’s extensive chamber music oeuvre. Originally, the Grosse Fuge was meant to be the final movement of Op.130.  Beethoven’s conversation books document the separation of the Grosse Fuge from Op.130, its replacement by a new finale and its assignment to a new opus number Op.133.

Even by today’s standards, the Grosse Fuge is a complicated work and poses a challenge to performers.  However it was the first work in music history to include a helpful addition: rehearsal numbers.  These were included in the first edition so that during rehearsals musicians could find a common entry without having to start the piece afresh.

- Critical performing Urtext editions

- Meticulously laid out parts to meet all performers’ needs

- Detailed Critical Commentaries (Eng) with facsimile pages

- Parts (BA9033), study score format 22.5 x 16.5cm (TP933) and crtitical commentary (BA9030-40) available for sale