BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major (Op. 74) 'Harp' Score
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2019
- "Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, Op. 74, was written in 1809 and is nicknamed the "Harp" quartet.
The nickname "Harp" refers to the characteristic pizzicato sections in the allegro of the first movement, where pairs of members of the quartet alternate notes in an arpeggio, reminiscent of the plucking of a harp. Like many nicknames for Beethoven's works, this was created by the publisher.
The first movement, of about ten minutes duration, is one of the best examples of Beethoven's management of musical tension. The short adagio introduction (24 bars long) is not tightly thematically integrated with the rest of the movement; it serves a similar function to the introduzione of the first movement of Op 59, No 3. The main motifs of the allegro are the lyrical melody appearing several bars from the beginning, and the pizzicato arpeggios played by two instruments accompanied by repeating quavers played by the other two. At first, these two themes appear thematically and rhythmically unrelated. It is only the last fifty bars that the listener discovers that Beethoven's true purpose is for them to be played simultaneously, beneath a frenetic violin part, to generate the climax of the movement.
The Harp quartet parallels many facets of the Fifth Symphony. The heroic quality pervading Beethoven's middle period is heard extensively in the first movement. Both the Fifth Symphony and Harp quartet have intense scherzi. Nevertheless, the grand entrance to the opening of the finale of the Fifth is noticeably absent in the opening of Op. 74. The fourth movement of the Harp quartet follows a highly traditional theme and variations form. The Classical style of the fourth movement juxtaposed against the Heroic nature of the first movement frustrates Beethoven scholars who seek to contextualize this piece in Beethoven's stylistic trajectory."
-Wikipedia 2019
Performed by the Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, violin; Philip Setzer, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Paul Watkins, cello)
Poco adagio / Allegro - 00:05
Adagio ma non troppo - 09:11
Presto - 18:03
Allegretto con Variazioni - 22:49 - Hudba
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7:52 - 8:47 is the most epic thing ever
Yes, Georgie! The most sublime thing. Glad to know others love this passage too. I’ve rewound that section like a hundred times.
One of the most astonishing moments in all music.
More like “play the Piano on the violin”
I believe this inspired Mendelsson’s Octet first movement coda. Give a listen and see if you agree.
it's so much fun to play - craziness as a first violin, totally melodrama for second violin and viola (haven't played the cello part but can only assume it's also fun!)
the coda of the first movement is one of the most magical moments in the quartet repertoire.
Eine sehr feine Interpretation ! Bravo und Dankeschön !
MVT I
EXPOSITION
0:06 - Intro
1:46 - Main Theme
2:02 - “Harp”
2:12 - Transition
2:26 - Sub. Theme(1)
2:36 - Sub. Theme (2)
2:48 - Closing Theme
3:07 - Repetition of the exposition
4:30 - DEVELOPMENT
5:37 - “Harp”
5:58 - RECAPITULATION
7:37 - Coda
MVT II (Rondo+Variations)
9:12 - A
10:24 - B
12:26 - A
13:40 - С
14:32 - A (as-moll)
15:10 - A (a-dur)
MVT III
18:03 - AbA
19:37 - Trio
20:06 - AbA
21:00 - Trio
21:26 - AbA(coda)
MVT IV
22:48 - Theme
23:40 - Var I
24:27 - Var II
25:32 - Var III
26:14 - Var IV
27:09 - Var V
27:55 - Var VI (coda)
The third part contains a "motif of destiny"!
It is so helpful to have the music score to follow. Thank you.
God bless you for this video!
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Very beautiful. Thanks.
Poco adagio/ Allegro 00:05
Adagio ma non troppo 09:11
Presto 18:03
Allegretto con Variazioni 22:49
8:06 is sus in the second violin part
27:52 Beethoven nonchalantly adds in this variation as if it doesn't pose a million questions lmao. Look at how the D-flat in the cello part goes up to D-natural and then E. This sounds like some film-score-chromatic-mediant shit. Wow, does that sound unique.
You mean E flat, but I agree, that section is by all means incredible.
@@maniak1768 Yes, ha, you're right. How embarrassing of me two years ago, E-flat is the key of the whole piece!
I described it as modern/film-score-esque, but, to my ears now, it brings to mind the trippy sounds of George Martin's arrangements for various Beatles tracks, like Strawberry Fields.
As a first violin playing this piece, 7:52 is my absolute favorite part but the part I dread the most 😂
damned brilliant piece
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major Op. 74 there are clear signs that Beethoven was already thinking of the Fifth Symphony in C minor .In the third part of this string quartet you can clearly see the shape through which the rhythmic figure is obviously noticed as a clear announcement for the Fifth Symphony in C minor .Beautiful scores..Thank you !
Actually the Fifth Symphony was written three years before this quartet and premiered a year earlier. You might say it echoes back though!
A 6m 30s,puissance de la note non faite,mais déjà présente (comme anticipation?) dans la perception.
Comme dans le premier mouvement de l opus 111.
Quelle belle sonorité d ensemble !!
7:35
12:18
16:31
20:06, 20:43
2:35
7:06
That fate motiff is all over Beethoven's work.
At what time(s) are you hearing the fate motif?
@@PubicGore 2:26 - mm.52 - mm.53
2:56 - mm.70 - 71 - 73 This may not be as apparent at first sight or listening but the idea of short, short short long is there in which the accent acts as the long. The fact that the accent is on an off beat gives a different character as well. mm 72 - 73 beats 3 and 4 are rhytmnicaly the same as the fate motiff and easier to identify.
Both of these repeat in the recapiculation and the second one I mentioned appears again in the coda so hear and look out for them as a way to practice this.
7:36 - using the motiff in a question and answer style mm.204 - 206 very similar to it's use in the 5th symphony
This is just the first movement they are probably instances of it in other movements as well. I will come back later to see if they are anymore. The string quartet in c minor has more instances of the fate motif (I don't remember the op. number I apologize)
@@spiritualneutralist2597 the 3rd mvmt (presto) is pretty much entirely based on it as well. but it is a recurring motif mainly in the music of the middle (so called "heroic") period, not in the music of the early and late periods.
@@yisroelkaplan5398 True I should probably take back my statement that it's all over his music. It's truly all over his middle period.
@@spiritualneutralist2597 It makes sense, Beethoven called it "fate knowing on the door".
Nice but very hard to play.
1:46
The fourth movement sounds like a precursor to the Grosse Fuge
1:45 'allegro' please do Beethoven's Archduke trio...❤
05:39 피치카토
7:24
06:35
2:19
8:03
Yeah, and just because you see a Sforzando doesn't mean it's an angry sforzando. It could be a warm one.
As a harpist, the irony hurts.
Le deuxième mouvement dont des variations sans en porter le nom .
Comme le lento de l opus 135.
Étrange.
La partie agitée centrale ( 1° ou 2° variation ?Je ne suis pas si fort !!) me paraît ne rien avoir à envier en ornementations furieuses au duo d acte II de "Tristan"...
De 6' à 6'40 , toute la poétique des corsages , chemisiers et autres soutiens-gorges...
5:38 Weird Transition from 3rd/4th movement in the fifth
8:48 Long ass tonic noise
4:28 Not the Fifth but this pivot chord reminds me of Mthe one Mozart's 40th/i
7:54 mentioning that, the theme in op 74 carries a similar motif to the one in the 40th
Why are you critisicing beethoven ? If you don't like it do something like this yourself, every 4 flaw you pointed out are great parts. They are amazing, especially the transition is frickin
amazing.
@@ufukhalatoglu1505 Oh, I love Beethoven!! This comment was made out of adoration! Sorry it didn't come out that way. I love seeing similarities in the great masters works.
@@leonhardeuler6811 ok but whats with the "long ass tonic noise"
@@wobblyorbee279 What do you mean? In the fifth im refering to the end of the fourth movement where he arpeggiates the tonic chord for a minute
Yep there it is!! This fool……I was looking for the idiot who mentioned Mozart
Chopin also named his etude harp and mozart named his concerto harp
Critics named them
...what are you smoking... which Concerto Mozart named "harp"?
@@Andy-cx8ct ...a world full of idiots.
Is E-flat major 3 keys darker than A minor?
E-flat Major is kind of a bright key, in my opinion. ☺️
It is true that, generally speaking, lower keys, i. e. keys with more flats, are darker. And it is true that E flat major has 3 flats more than A minor.
However, the relative brightness of keys pretty much depends on the context they're used in. In this instance, E flat major doesn't sound particularly dark.
Also minor keys have this greater, more obvious "darkness" that we can't overlook. A minor may sound brighter than some other minor keys but it's still a minor key, which almost inherently sounds dark. Of course, this, again, depends on the context. You can have sombre pieces written in the major while you can have upbeat pieces written in the minor.
wow I didn't know that string quartets can have so many pizzicato in it (`･д･)
sadly he can't actually hear it but I think since Beethoven can use pizzicato in his piece so well (for example, Kreutzer sonata 1mvt&2mvt :D), he would definitely like Paganini's Caprice no.24 XD
8:04 1st vln part sounds it’s straight out of a Philip Glass piece
I would say that it is the other way around - that the marked place is the one Phil Glass used:)
@@ira9671 Of course - but Phillip Glass is particularly known as minimalist while Beethoven is far away from this style. Although, Beethoven has some moments which sounds like they were taken from Glass piece - for example in sonata op. 111 2nd movement I think about minute 20 in most performances.
Please don't insult Beethoven.
@@wodzimierzwosimieta2758 Yes, the second movement of the Op.111 has some almost minimalistic sections.
But more 2nd violin on those opening 8th notes, please. (And less of the rest.)
Eww B writes quartets like he writes piano
Yes, Beethoven; famous for his piano pizzicato parts
no