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

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Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Performers Orion String Quartet
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1826].
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven, Artaria 211
This file is part of the Submission Project.
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1827]. Plate 2692.
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Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 6:
Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell, Band 2, Nr.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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Editor Will Oram
Publisher. Info. Mutopia Project, 2005.
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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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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1827]. Plate 2628.
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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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For Orchestra (Berghaus)
Arranger Karl Müller Berghaus (1829–1907)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: Hugo Pohle, n.d. Plate HP566.
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For Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello (Tuttle)

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Arranger Marshall Tuttle (b. 1950)
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)
Arranger Gaylon Babcock
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Misc. Notes each part designed to be printed front and back
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For Piano 4 hands (Ulrich and Wittmann)
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)
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)
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)
Arranger Spenser Ford Ullman
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For Organ (Baruk)
Arranger Jason Baruk (b. 2000)
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Arranger Spenser Ford 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); [11 more...]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)
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