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

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Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1806.
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms.autogr. Beethoven. L.v. 21
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Publisher. Info. Offenbach: Johann André, n.d.[1830]. Plate 5299.
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Peter (2007/4/1)

Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 6:
Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell, Ester Band, Nr.44
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Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1862]. Plate B.44.
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Publisher. Info. Philharmonia series
Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.(ca.1920).
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, No.129, n.d.(1937).
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Publisher. Info. Beethoven Werke, Abteilung VI, Band 4 [VI/4] (pp.39-66)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1968. Plate HN 4201.
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Publisher. Info. Vienna: Bureau des arts et d'industrie, n.d. Plate 584.
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Publisher. Info. Bonn: N. Simrock, n.d.[1808]. Plate 591.
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Misc. Notes Parts for all 3 quartets of Op.59 (300 dpi).
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Publisher. Info. London: Clementi, Banger, Hyde, Collard & Davis, n.d.(ca.1809).
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Misc. Notes Quartet extracted from Clementi's complete publication of 3 String Quartets, Op.59. From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): E257/6
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Publisher. Info. London: Clementi, Collard, Davis and Collard, n.d.(ca.1818-19).
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Misc. Notes Quartet extracted from Clementi's complete publication of 3 String Quartets, Op.59. From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1662/3
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Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d. Plate 159.2.
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Publisher. Info. Breitkopf & Härtel's Kammermusik-Bibliothek (No.269/270)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1886]. Plate 16950.
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Publisher. Info. Wolfenbüttel: Holle, n.d. Plate 1072.
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Pelleas (2007/9/15)

Arranger Hugo Ulrich (1827-1872)
Robert Wittmann (1804-18??)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.989c, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 8001.
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Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Collection Litolff, No.6b, n.d.(ca.1865).
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Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d. Plate M. 23708 Г.
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Peter (2009/2/8)

Arranger Carl Tausig (1841-1871)
Editor Adolf Ruthardt (1849-1934)
Publisher. Info. Sechs Sätze aus Streichquartetten von L. van Beethoven für Klavier übertragen.
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1916]. Plate 10021.
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.8
Alternative. Title Second Rasumowsky-Quartet
Name Translations Quatuor à cordes nº 8 de Beethoven; String Quartet No. 8; Strijkkwartet nr. 8; 弦楽四重奏曲第8番 (ベートーヴェン); 8. Streichquartett; Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 8 Op. 59/2; Quartet de corda núm. 8; 현악 사중주 8번; Godalni kvartet št. 8
Name Aliases String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2; Razumovsky; Strijkkwartet nr. 8 (Beethoven); Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 8 en mi menor Op. 59 n.º 2
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 174184227; LCCN: n81134095; GND: 300015976; BNF: 148212171; BNE: XX1955981
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.59 No.2
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ILB 254
Key E minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro (E minor)
  2. Molto Adagio. Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento (E major)
  3. Allegretto (E minor) - Maggiore, Thème russe. (E major)
  4. Finale. Presto (E minor)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1806
First Publication. 1808 (January) - Vienna: Comptoir des Arts et de l'Industrie
Dedication Andreas Kyrillowitsch Graf Rasumowsky
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
External Links Wikipedia article
Wikipedia article (Op.59)

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Beethoven String Quartets

6 String Quartets, Op.18

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

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

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

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