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The String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2 (actually his third), was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801, dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz.
String Quartet | |
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No. 2 | |
Early string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven | |
![]() Ludwig van Beethoven, c. 1796 | |
Key | G major |
Opus | 18, No. 2 |
Composed | 1798–1800 |
Dedication | Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz |
Published | 1801 |
Movements | Four |
It consists of four movements:
Of the Op. 18 string quartets, this one is the most grounded in 18th-century musical tradition.[1] According to Michael Steinberg, "In German-speaking countries, the graceful curve of the first violin's opening phrase has earned the work the nickname of Komplimentier-Quartett, which might be translated as 'quartet of bows and curtseys'."[2]
The nickname may have originated from one of Haydn's last string quartets written about the same time (Op. 77, No. 1, Hob. III:81; 1799), which was also known as the Komplimentier-Quartett. Haydn was Beethoven's teacher at the time, and there are similarities in style between the two quartets. They are also both in the key of G major.[3]
After he finished the quartet, Beethoven was not satisfied with the second movement and wrote a replacement. Sketches of the original slow movement survive and a complete version has been reconstructed by musicologist Barry Cooper.[4] It was performed publicly, possibly for the first time, by the Danel Quartet in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall at the Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester, on 30 September 2011.[citation needed]
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