String Quartet in B-flat major Op.130 / Grosse Fuge for String Quartet Op.133 (Critical Commentary)

Beethoven String Quartet in B-flat major Op.130 / Grosse Fuge for String Quartet Op.133 (Critical Commentary)

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.

- Critical performing Urtext editions

- Meticulously laid out parts to meet all performers’ needs

- Detailed Critical Commentaries (Eng) with facsimile pages

- Parts (Op.130 BA 9030; Op.133 BA 9033), study score format 22.5 x 16.5cm (Op.130 TP 930; Op.133 TP 933) and crtitical commentary (BA 9030-40) available for sale

Contents:
- Facsimiles
- Signs and conventions
- Sources
- Critical Commentary:
- Opus 130
- Opus 133
- Appendices
- Bibliography