String Quartet No.14, Op.131 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 movements
Composition Year 1826
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For flute, violin, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 4 players (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For 2 flutes, 2 clarinets (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#243528 - 53.72MB - 39:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 11205×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2012/7/22)

Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Performers Orion String Quartet
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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#774463 - 123.31MB, 186 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 154×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2022/4/6)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1826].
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven, Artaria 211
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 Complete Score
#51356 - 4.18MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18517×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2009/12/29)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1827]. Plate 2692.
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 Complete Score
#973814 - 4.51MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 60×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2025/6/3)

Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 6:
Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell, Band 2, No.50 (pp.119-58)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1863]. Plate B.50.
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Misc. Notes Full Score is 9 x 12 scan.
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 Complete Score (Preview)
#04768 - 10.30MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 28597×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/4/1)

Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 6:
Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell, Band 2, No.50 (pp.119-58)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1863]. Plate B.50.
Reprinted Complete String Quartets
New York: Dover Publications, 1970.
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Misc. Notes Monochrome 600dpi. (View original cover)
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 Complete Score
#00901 - 1.13MB, 55 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 26878×⇩ - Member

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Member (2006/5/14)

Editor Will Oram
Publisher. Info. Mutopia Project, 2005.
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 Complete Score
#23373 - 3.76MB, 86 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 13148×⇩ - jgjgjg

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Selections

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1826.
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms.autogr. Beethoven, L.v., Mendelssohn-Stiftung 19
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Parts

 Complete Parts
#51357 - 4.96MB, 53 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1666×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2009/12/29)

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Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1827]. Plate 2628.
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 Violin 1
#182346 - 0.91MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6303×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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 Violin 2
#182347 - 0.75MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2687×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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 Viola
#182348 - 0.74MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3093×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2012/2/28)

 Cello
#182349 - 0.71MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3343×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2012/2/28)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1827]. Plate 2628.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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 Violin 1
#29076 - 0.51MB, 35 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6759×⇩ - jgjgjg

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 Violin 2
#29077 - 0.46MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3100×⇩ - jgjgjg

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 Viola
#29078 - 0.45MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3710×⇩ - jgjgjg

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jgjgjg (2009/3/1)

 Cello
#29079 - 0.42MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3985×⇩ - jgjgjg

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Orchestra (Berghaus)

 Complete Score
#552917 - 16.99MB, 128 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 115×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2018/12/15)

Arranger Karl Müller Berghaus (1829–1907)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: Hugo Pohle, n.d. Plate HP566.
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Misc. Notes color
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For Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello (Tuttle)

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#926427 - 1.01MB, 168 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 207×⇩ - Inotmark

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⇒ 4 more: Flute • Violin • Viola • Cello

 Flute
#926428 - 0.29MB, 35 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 48×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Violin
#926429 - 0.28MB, 32 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 47×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Viola
#926430 - 0.28MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 40×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Cello
#926431 - 0.26MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 50×⇩ - Inotmark

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Arranger Marshall Tuttle (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Marshall Tuttle, 2024.
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#854760 - 0.48MB, 49 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 197×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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 Piano 2
#854761 - 0.45MB, 51 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 93×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Arranger Gaylon Babcock
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For Piano 4 hands (Ulrich and Wittmann)

 Complete Score
#13986 - 3.72MB, 42 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 974×⇩ - Pelleas

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Pelleas (2007/9/16)

Arranger Hugo Ulrich (1827–1872)
Robert Wittmann (1804–18??)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No. 989g, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 8259.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1980.
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For Piano (Winkler)

 Complete Score
#25881 - 1.38MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3903×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2008/12/25)

Arranger Louis Winkler (1820–1886)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Collection Litolff, No. 6d, n.d.(ca.1865).
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Presto (No.5)

For Piano (Tausig)

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#28162 - 0.68MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1311×⇩ - Peter

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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.(ca.1916). Plate 10021.
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Adagio quasi un poco andante (No.6)

For 2 Flutes and 2 Clarinets (Ullman)

 Complete Score
#384435 - 0.05MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1228×⇩ - MUFCHitman

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For Organ (Baruk)

 Complete Score
#630125 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 410×⇩ - Discipulus

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Discipulus (2020/6/6)

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For Piano (Ullman)

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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.14
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Quatuor à cordes nº 14 de Beethoven; 14-a arĉkvarteto (Beethoven); String Quartet No. 14; Strijkkwartet nr. 14; Jousikvartetto nro 14 (Beethoven); 14. Streichquartett; 弦楽四重奏曲第14番 (ベートーヴェン); Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 14 Op. 131; Quartetto n. 14; 현악 사중주 14번; κουαρτέτο Νο.14; Quartet de corda núm. 14; Quadricinium nervorum 14; 第14絃樂四重奏; 第14弦乐四重奏; Струнный квартет № 14 (Бетховен)
Name Aliases Streichquartett Nr. 14 cis-Moll op. 131; String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131; Strijkkwartet nr. 14 (Beethoven); Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 14 en do sostenido menor Op. 131
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: no91026347; GND: 300016034; BNF: 139081579
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.131
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ILB 260
Key C-sharp minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 movements:
  1. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo (C♯ minor)
  2. Allegro molto vivace (D major)
  3. Allegro moderato (recitative) (C♯ minor)
  4. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile (A major)
  5. Presto (E major)
  6. Adagio quasi un poco andante (G♯ minor)
  7. Allegro (C♯ minor)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1826
First Publication. 1827 (April) - Mainz: Schott
Dedication Baron von Stutterheim
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
Manuscript Sources D-Cv A.V,1112,(2),2 (Brief autograph sketches)
GB-Lbl Add. 29801 (More sketches, at British Library, from Presto)
D-B Mus.ms.autogr. Beethoven, L. v. 9 (3) (56 pages? of sketches at SBB)
D-B Mus.ms.autogr. Beethoven, L.v., Mendelssohn-Stiftung 19 (digitized autograph. Fourth movement, part of third.)
D-B Mus.ms.autogr. Beethoven, L.v., Artaria 205 (3)
External Links Wikipedia article

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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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