LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN String quartet in F major opus 135 Beethoven's quartets opus 127. 130. 131, 132. 133, 135 were written during the last och of the Master's Life, from 1823 to 1826. At that time Beethoven was quite deaf had not heard anything for a number of years. He could perceive sound only in own brain and imagination. ‘Thus shut off from the outer world and increasingly ely his genius created probably the greatest quartet music of all times.» The dep! 4 originality of these quartets went far beyond the understanding of his contem- raries and even today they are played less frequently than his more facile compo- ons. ‘The F major quartet is the last of Beethovens string quartets, having been com- ed in October 1826. It bears the somewhat cryptic inscription: Must it be? It must be. ANALYSIS: Ist MOVEMENT tement Principal section and ‘Transitory passage Subsidiary section .....22..00..0000. Closing section zelopment sapitul: ja 2nd MOVEMENT, Scherzo form 1erz0 sapitulation of the Scherzo ... 3rd MOVEMENT. Theme with Variations roduction 1— 2 eme 3— 12 Variation 13— 22 1 Variation 23— 32 | Variation . 33— 22 a Variation . 4B— 54 4th MOVEMENT, Sonata form roduction - 12 atement oe . 13— 8 Principal section and Transitory passage 1352 Subsidiary section ...... 53-80 svelopment . 81—173 ‘capitulation 174-243 da _ 244—277 ‘Total time required far performance: 21 minutes 5%’, IY, ll’, V=6%". Q1 Quartet N° ho L. van Beethoven, Op.135 Allegretto 4970-1827 Violino 1 ‘Violino I! Viola Violoncello "Poca crese. poco erese. Poco crese.grese,erate 7p erese, crese.— P arese. PP poco ritard,Brese. -ese, oP trese.+ [Perse = ~ | pores[psempre pin a Poempre pit Prempre pit80 12130 ‘sempre Sempre dim. > piap PP f psemprepix pppIl a7 Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo - SS = pevese| eee| | eee =p |=r eo te: Nee P—ferte. = Sere [| [NS > fee fe? ie? | |e | <= of fe Pit lento om i A Se | pp orem. =i el ee BP — = ~ erese.ce ee a w re ee SS Po ——— ence = = ae crests Pp‘Semprice MF || eo. ‘erase. poco erese. poco dint « - = + PP ~ttard.20 IV Der schwer gefasste Entschluss, Grave Allegro ties és sein? i Es muss sein! Es muss aH Grave, ma non troppo tratto. pw orese, ESE arene y iF aa a a aS Allegro. Adagio. Br,teterene, crese, seglll| sy teal $ Se ; SJ aa ( Sa Saas ‘|23 90 Sempre| sompreyp sompae ‘sempre p — crese. [DP ferrse. crese. BP crese. DP eresc450 3 = — atm. . 60 ritard. in tempo Pees ige erese.25 Grave, ma non troppo tratto din. f f ain, P 100 ri All . . ese rit legro e ‘ Sas pdoke dim. pocorits ts dim. poco rit. — =. 4 zs ze dim, poco rit, p dolce a : = = fh cs empre ST lr Sle er Sg TS [sempre Sf sempre £26 19 let. a Souprep semprep sempre p‘crese. Pi P a ff U Si repete fe seconda parte al suo piacere.28 Tempol. BBO pizn. F = = plzz. 4 \Pizz. fale + Pluz, a £ (PP 260 ‘sempre | Py Tenpre sempre typ = s 3 sempre pp