Ludwig Van Beethoven String Quartet Op. 135 Franz Schubert String Quartet D 810
The Quartet for strings n. 14 in D minor D810, is a string quartet written by Franz Schubert in 1824, simultaneously with the quartet n. 13 in A minor.
D810 is also known as Death and the Maiden, written by Schubert in 1817.
The opening movement is a allegro in D minor. Once in a very dilated sonata form, a characteristic feature of the compositions of the last Schubertian period. The second movement, the andante con moto, presents the theme of Death and the Maiden and subjects it to five variations. The third movement is a scherzo in D minor. The finale, still in D minor, is an agitated rondo in which a tarantella theme recurs.
String Quartet No. 16 in F major op. 135 was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1826 and constitutes his last major work. After this, only the last movement of the Quartet op. 130, written to replace the Great Fugue, was created by the composer before his death.
The first performance was given by the Schuppanzigh Quartet in March 1828.
For the third movement Beethoven chose the variation technique; this choice was also adopted by the composer in the second movement of the Quartet op. 127. The first theme of this time was taken up by Gustav Mahler for the incipit of the last movement of his Third Symphony.
Under the slow introductory chords of the last movement Beethoven added the words "Muß es sein?" (Must it be?), To which he responds with the movement's most rapid and cheerful main theme, "Es muß sein!" (It must be!). The quartet ends abruptly with a pizzicato similar to a children's song, as if to bring the meaning of all the music back to a primal, childish simplicity.
The heading of the entire movement is "Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß"
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