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String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)
Late string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
String Quartet | |
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No. 14 | |
Late string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven | |
![]() Beethoven's sketches for his Op. 131 quartet in the British Library | |
Key | C-sharp minor |
Opus | 131 |
Composed | 1826 |
Dedication | Baron Joseph von Stutterheim [de] |
Duration | c. 45 min |
Movements | Seven |
It was Beethoven's favourite of the late quartets: he is quoted as remarking to a friend that he would find "a new manner of part-writing and, thank God, less lack of imagination than before".[1] It is said that upon listening to a performance of this quartet Schubert remarked, "After this, what is left for us to write?"[2] Schumann said that this quartet and Op. 127 had a "grandeur ... which no words can express. They seem to me to stand ... on the extreme boundary of all that has hitherto been attained by human art and imagination."[3]
This work is dedicated to Baron Joseph von Stutterheim [de] as a gesture of gratitude for taking Beethoven's nephew Karl into the army after a suicide attempt. Beethoven died before the work's publication by Schott Music and before its first performance, the date of which is uncertain.