String Quartets Nos. 12 - 16 and Grosse Fuge, Opus 127, 130 - 135 (Beethoven)
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Following set is generally intended when speaking of Beethoven's late string quartets, including the Grosse Fuge (which also exists in a piano transcription, Opus 134):
- Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major (1825).
- Opus 130: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major (1825).
- Opus 131: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor (1826).
- Opus 132: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor (1825).
- Opus 133: Große Fuge in B flat major for string quartet (1826), originally the finale to Op. 130.
- Opus 134: Piano arrangement (4 hands) of Große Fuge (1826).
- Opus 135: String Quartet No. 16 in F major (1826).
The quartets were commissioned in 1823 by Prince Nicholas Galitzin, who offered 50 ducats for each opus.
For Grosse Fuge: see also String Quartet No. 13, and of course also P. D. Q. Bach, who composed a Grossest Fugue.
| String Quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven |
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| String quartets, Op. 18 | Op. 18 No. 1 | Op. 18 No. 2 | Op. 18 No. 3 | Op. 18 No. 4 | Op. 18 No. 5 | Op. 18 No. 6 |
| String quartets, Op. 59 ("Rasumovsky") | Op. 59 No. 1 | Op. 59 No. 2 | Op. 59 No. 3 |
| Middle period quartets | Op. 74 ("Harp") | Op. 95 ("Serioso") |
| Late quartets | Op. 127 | Op. 130 | Op. 131 | Op. 132 | Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 | Op. 135 |
| Arrangement by Beethoven of Op. 14 No. 1 |
