String Quartet No.8, Op.59/2 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

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Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 6, Vol.1, No.44
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1862-1890. Plate B.44.

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New York: Dover Publications, 1970.

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 I. Allegro
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 Complete Score
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Vienna: Bureau des arts et d'industrie, n.d., Plate 584

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete Quartet

For Piano 4 hands (Ulrich and Wittmann)

 Complete Score
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Hugo Ulrich (1827-1872)
Robert Wittmann (1804-18??)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, Ed. 989c, n.d.(ca.1890), plate 8001

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New York: Dover Publications, 1980

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Public Domain

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For Piano solo (Winkler)

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Louis Winkler (1820-1886)

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Braunschweig: Collection Litolff, n.d.(ca.1865), No.6b

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III. Allegretto

For Piano solo (Balakirev)

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Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)

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Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d. Plate M. 23708 G.

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This file is from the MIT archive project.

For Piano solo (Tausig)

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Arranger:

Carl Tausig (1841-1871)

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Adolf Ruthardt (1849-1915)

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Sechs Sätze aus Streichquartetten von L. van Beethoven für Klavier übertragen.
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. [1916]. Plate 10021

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Beethoven: String QuartetsTakacs Quartet, Beethoven
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Beethoven - The Complete String QuartetsLudwig van Beethoven, Alban Berg Quartet, Gerhard Schulz, Hatto Beyerle, Thomas Kakuska, Valentin Erben Günther Pichler
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.8, Op.59/2
Alternative Title Second Rasumowsky-Quartet
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue Number Op.59 No.2
Key E minor
Number of Movements/Sections 4
Year/Date of Composition 1806
Year of First Publication 1808
Dedication Andreas Kyrillowitsch Graf Rasumowsky
Genre Quartet (2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello)
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
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Beethoven String Quartets

6 String Quartets, Op.18

  1. String Quartet No.1 in F
  2. String Quartet No.2 in G
  3. String Quartet No.3 in D
  4. String Quartet No.4 in C minor
  5. String Quartet No.5 in A
  6. String Quartet No.6 in B♭

3 String Quartets, Op.59 ("Rasumovsky")

  1. String Quartet No.7 in F
  2. String Quartet No.8 in E minor
  3. String Quartet No.9 in C

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