Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130
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- - Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (17 December 1770 -- 26 March 1827)
- Performers: Leipziger Streichquartett
- Year of recording: 2006
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130, written in 1825-1826.
00:00 - I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
13:18 - II. Presto
15:10 - III. Andante con moto ma non troppo
21:30 - IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai
24:41 - V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
30:14 - VI. Finale. Allegro
This effort is among Beethoven's final works and is the last of the three quartets composed to meet the commission of Prince Nikolai Golitzin. No. 12, Op. 127, was written in the period 1823-1824 and was followed by the Fifteenth, Op. 132, in 1825. This Thirteenth Quartet was completed in early January 1826, but its original finale was replaced by a new one finished in late November 1826. This second finale is said to be Beethoven's last completed compositon. The composer agreed to replace the original, the so-called Grosse Fuge, Op. 133, at the behest of his publisher. It is a rather self-contained composition anyway, and proved quite difficult for the performers and audience who heard the work at its premiere on 21 March 1826. But Beethoven probably also recognized that the Grosse Fuge was a rather outsized piece, too grand to serve as the finale for the B flat Thirteenth, a great piece in its own right, but a work whose character in the preceding five movements is less epic-sounding.
This work obtained the nickname "Lieb" (dear) from Beethoven himself, who referred to it that way in some of his writings. It consists of six movements and may be looked upon as similar to a divertimento or suite, in the older sense of those forms.
- The first movement alternates slow and fast music throughout, bearing the markings Adagio ma non troppo and Allegro. It moves from the somber to the playful, from the contemplative to the joyous. Beethoven's treatment of the thematic material and his handling of the sonata-allegro form is quite innovative here.
- There follows a short Scherzo, one of the composer's best in any genre. The writing in this Presto movement is brilliant and full of color; the mood is light and witty.
- The ensuing Andante con moto ma non troppo is bright and quite lively, despite its marking; indeed, Beethoven also included the direction here of poco scherzando.
- The next movement is marked Alla danza Tedesca (dance in the German style). The music here is again light but also a bit dry.
- The following passage, marked Cavatina, Adagio molto esspressivo, is somber and melancholy, and also quite profound. The composer himself spoke of the effect this music had on his emotional state, of its ability to draw an occasional tear. The main theme, as its marking suggests, is songlike and quite lovely.
- As mentioned above, the finale is the last completed piece Beethoven wrote. Its happy mood does not betray the composer's health problems and emotional state. Although he had just recovered from a serious illness, he was still not well and would live only a few months more. Moreover, Beethoven wrote this finale during a reluctant stay at his brother Johann's residence in Gneixendorff (in the Danube Valley) where he had traveled with his troubled nephew, Karl. The composer did not get along with his sister-in-law, and one can only imagine that the uncomfortable circumstances under which he wrote this music were hardly conducive to composition, especially composition of a happy cast. In any event, this finale provides a brilliant close to the work, quite a different one than that of the original rather complex fugue.
This Quartet was first published in Vienna in 1827. The premiere of the final version took place on 22 April 1827, a month after the composer's death.
The String Quartet is dedicated: "Dem Fürsten Nicolaus von Galitzin gewidmet". - Hudba
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I just discovered that this quartet is on board of the spaceship voyager 1 and it is part of the golden record that would show humanity to any possible life that may encounter it! Truly an amazing choice
same.
I've just watched the video and came here right away
Truly not his best quartet.
It's just the cavatina tho
@Tyrone Himanga oMg iT acTualY WoRKeD
the cavatina is nothing short of a miracle
8:41 when Ludwig begins to resolve the tension...the beginning of the best part of the piece...and why you should always be patient with Ludwig because then he gives you the resolution in the most amazing tune...love Ludwig...
Re: that finale there, the last thing Beethoven ever completed - it's nice to know musically he went out on an upbeat.
is this fact?
Yes! The humour of the last quartet and the finale of this one came shortly after the suicide of Karl, his nephew. The stayed with Beethoven's brother in Gneixendorf until the end of November 1826 where he finished the F major quartet and composed a new finale for op. 130 to replace the Grosse Fuge, at the request of its publisher, Artaria.
Beethoven moved back to Vienna to seek medical attention. During his last months of agony, Beethoven maintained a productive and optimistic character: he began among other things, a string quintet, and wrote to the London Philharmonic offering to complete a comission of a symphony, the 10th "which lies already sketched in my desk." Little over a week later having left his entire estate to his nephew, he died on 26 March 1827.
it's like a christmas melody
kinda yea in some parts
right next to senegalese percussion sounds
The Cavatina movement at 24:41
Beethoven is reported to have been said that this movement moved him to tears. This is so fascinating, that in someways, his expressions exceeded his understandings as if something else, something beyond the realm of mere entertainment, some sort of an emotional conundrum which could only be answered emotionally, impacted Beethoven just or perhaps to an even greater extent than it does to listeners (atleast in my case). This alone incident is, in my opinion, the most terrific instance in my way of looking at Beethoven's life..
damn that'ts epic. That's such a powerful microcosm of Beethoven in general. I recall reading that one of his first teachers, Christian Neefe, advised him to write from the heart, play music that reflects what you feel. From a young age, he had a powerful outlet for emotional expression that only further developed as he composed more. It almost comes across as if music was as natural an expression coming from him as speech was, as if it was a second language he was fluent in. And when you're doing this your whole life, constantly surpassing your previous best, you eventually get so good that you conjure some ungodly anomalies, such as composing a work that conveyed a feeling so abstract that it seemed as if you had never felt it for yourself but had instead vicariously experienced it based on the account of an observer. A quantum glitch in the matrix, basically. Something that feels totally wrong to possess.
It's my understanding that Bach wrote his music for god, and he attributed the beauty of his work to his connection to his faith. Mozart was more crowd-facing, writing music that people enjoyed and taking great pleasure in his audiences enjoying his work. And Beethoven truly wrote music that was a reflection of himself and oriented towards his own emotions. It's almost like a "holy trinity."
yes, especially since he couldn't hear the music - and yet he cried. I guess he was looking at the manuscript as they played. This is recorded in Marek (probably from Thayer)
8:41 when Ludwig begins to resolve the tension...the beginning of the best part of the piece...and why you should always be patient with Ludwig because then he gives you the resolution in the most amazing tune...love Ludwig...
Quartets 10-15 are the strongest compositions ever written, in my view. I love the great craftsmanship of Bach and Mozart, but these works scrape emotional stratospheres and paint entire universes. There are so many lifetimes of memories in these notes
Those last string quartets are hard to enjoy. Honestly say, I do not understand what feeling Beethoven had when he wrote those works. Therefore I do not buy your extravagant praise. Sorry to me and you to say this.
Its subjective
Yes, sorry i didnt fully understand your comment (which i should done), my english isnt the best
@@bilkishchowdhury8318 what do u mean by no?
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00:05 - I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
01:13 : Allegro
02:38 : deuxième thème (lié thématiquement au premier)
03:46 : Reprise
08:02 : Développement
13:18 - II. Presto
14:25 : évanouissement du premier violon
15:10 - III. Andante con moto ma non troppo
17:38 : pause de la marche, instant un peu plus sombre puis exemple d'accompanimento obbligato
20:38 : fin - marche repart
21:30 - IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai
23:27 : hémiole
24:08 : mélodie distribuée entre les instruments
24:41 - V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
28:10 : sanglots
30:14 - VI. Finale. Allegro
I can't believe how good this version is. One of the best ever out of a long list of great performances.
40:12 Beethoven has left the chat, press F to pay respects
this piece is one of the deepest, most personal, most mystical, saddest, and one of the (thousands of) reasons why Ludwig van is the greatest artist of all time.
That works as a buttom to get rid of the ads
Haha, so funny
I know I’m nobody special for praising the Cavatina, but it’s become to quintessential and ubiquitous for any among those who appreciate common practice music for good reason.
To me it’s like a goddess descending from the heavens and shattering a dying man’s chains of mortality and mundanity in a flash of golden light, but not before reflecting on the most painful images of his past: a flooded river bursting its banks and inundating apartments, a father who wanted nothing more than to selfishly continue his bloodline, the many people who never understood him, the many more who cast him away thinking he’d remain forever in obscurity-and of course-those dearest to him that he had consistently hurt the most; finally escaping this shameful existence, and singing ‘more pleasing’ songs in paradise eternal
Well put!
A perfect work of music. so complete and balanced. He was a true master of his craft.
This is the classical piece that is on the voyagers, and also there is a photo with a page of the pentagram of the piece and a violin
Beethoven's late string quartet literally contains all the possibilities of classical music. The greatest masterpiece since the Goldberg Variations.
The last strings quartets are greatest masterpieces of the history of chamber music ! Amazing !
in a what sense? Extreme difficulty in undestanding?
Ludwig van Beethoven:13.B-dúr Vonósnégyes Op.130
1.Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro 00:05
2.Presto 13:18
3.Andante con moto ma non troppo 15:10
4.Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai 21:30
5.Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo 24:41
6.Finálé:Allegro 30:14
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The last movement was the very last piece that Beethoven had ever written (like Requiem for Mozart or Art of Fugue for Bach).
it's strange, such a happily sounding requiem :)
@@futonhime Because Beethoven was happy that he would hear in Heaven if he dies
@@korbilicious that's nice explanation, i like it, thank you! :)🌸
@@futonhime You are welcome
no it wasn't, the grosse fugue which was intended as the finale was the last piece Beethoven wrote
I live for the fifth movement. Sublime.
Beethoven’s last piece
@@DynastieArtistique his last piece is String Quartet in F Op.135
@@beethoven_makes_memes_lol nope, it’s the finale of this quartet
@@DynastieArtistique are you sure?
@@beethoven_makes_memes_lol yes, chronologically the finale of string quartet 13 is the final piece of music Beethoven composed. He has replaced it with the grosse fugue which was originally intended to be the finale, after his editor made the suggestion to replace it with something shorter. He wrote the new finale a few months before his death. Opus number doesn’t always represent chronological order
The fifth movement was paradisaical!
Beethoven's counterpoint studies seriously shining through!
The second movement gives me weird feelings, genius.
Glad to hear from the helpful comments that this is flying through space. Truly a great choice.
no body love the presto???????? IT IS SO AMAZING!
I love it
I love the presto. It's crazy-wonderful.
Its insane!
Thank you for the effort you put in the editing and the description
❤There are not enough words for such beauty!!
28:01 to 28:33 - I hear traces of the Arioso theme from the Op. 110 piano sonata.
For me, the best part is the third movement (Andante con moto ma non troppo, 15:10). At first someone sighs whining, but during the rest of the piece, four elves teach them to be happy.
thank you so much; these are invaluable.
Everyone praises movement 5, but I love the mood and beauty of movement 4. Toching that from the first phrase. This allows my soul to see dimensions beyond
Presto movement is so cool
Great ! I got 5 Advertisements, one at the middle of a movement! So the next time I listen to this work I will be thinking of smart watches and liquid lavander soaps. Thank you very much Mr. uploader!
A forma e a dinâmica entre as linhas texturais é perfeita. Seguir isso é emocionante!
That Finale Movement Was The Last Piece Beethoven Ever Wrote, But I Recently Found That His Final Piece Was An Unfinished Sketch, The So Called "Instrumental Draft, Biamonti 849". This One Was Composed On March 1827, Ten Or Twelve Days Before His Death. Also, It Has The Final Biamonti Number
I love how this was put in space in the assumption that whatever entity finds it is capable of understanding music at our frequency of sound
@Time for illumination I love how you totally disregard the fact that this quartet was sent into space on a totally different spacecraft on a totally different mission. *facepalm*
If they are intelligent they may analyze the waves and get some understanding from a mathematical point of view, but we'll never know, most likely it will be lost forever in the emptiness of space and the movement fits perfectly.
Jose Martinez if nay entity is smart enough to decide this they will be able to adjust the frequency also
Miracolo musicale .
The Cavatina of this Quartet is the last thing you hear on the Golden Record that's on the Voyager 1 probe. I find that absolutely beautiful.
30:15 This must have inspired Schubert to write the last movement of his last sonata!
I totally agree!
the b flat sonata?
@@ramprasada7451 Yes!
Yes
I was just thinking this!!
Almost impossible to believe that Symphonie Fantastique was written only three years after this.
Старому композитору сложно выйти за пределы своего стиля
Very interesting this piece.
Cristiano Frank yes! a masterpiece!
I hope that You Tube and advertisers understand that randomly interrupting videos like this, of something so sublime as this music creates ill will for both parties. Yes, I know about the extortion to get rid of ads. I also know that the way it is done shows that the promise of AI has not been realized at all if a program to interrupt in a more graceful way is not used. Maybe You Tube hires children with no artistic skill to plunk down inane ads at random. The affect of this music persists between movements so ads at the gaps between movements disrupts as well.
adblock lol
The third movement of this quartet is in Immortal Beloved, and from the 3rd part of that "The Greatness of Beethoven" series from the BBC, where Beethoven is dying. :(
38:54 just brings my so much joy.
28:01 I'm crying.
28:10 heavenly 😢❤🎉
That passage is absolutely miraculous. While being astonishingly beautiful it also captures, at least for me, the continuous and relentless passage of time and fate, that makes us at times feel lonely, disjointed from the world around us. There is a sense of exhaustion, breathlessness, but still a certain strength of will, longing, hope to be released from the chains of this world. The violin also really sounds like quiet sobbing. And even with all these contradictions the music is still filled with such love for life, with all that it entails. There is a certain sense of warmth to it. Imagine the vision you‘d need to conceive of something like this. It is so far removed from anything else heard up to that point and since, the rhythm so strange and illogical, almost unnatural. And yet it gives rise to the most human expression. Unforgettable music.
Beethoven is god of music
He is a giant of course. But the God is only one. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
@marche 2.0 ...23000 pages of perfection...you are sorry? Check everything from K1 to K626..and then we can discuss it again! Have a nice day.
@@vittoriomarano8230 Have you? And even if you did, do you consider that you can describe what perfection is? Cause, to say that something is perfect, you must first analyze it to its very core, something that I don't think it's even possible in a span of a lifetime .
@marche 2.0 I think that battling for who's the better composer is like bragging about someone else's money, it's stupid and most of the time leads to nothing. Art is about representing and discovering new ideas, not about pure fanfare and mythification.
@@louisvalencia5244 ...I can' t waste my time this way..your is a ' stronzesca ' question..with all.the respect...in italian " una domanda stronzesca! "....have a good night
fantastic and fun
24:41
thank you olla-vogala
The 4th movement was the best of all of them, at least in my opinion
it s so amazing, but also the presto! incredible composition
i prefer the fuge!
Me too. 4th movement is very wonderful!
why don't people like the new finale? I love it
So do I. Especially 33:57 to 34:47. Incredibly moving.
Because it's "lighter" than the original finale. But it is certainly a masterful movement in its own right.
I think it's only in comparison to the Grosse fugue
It's amazing. The two finales are so different. Yet both work perfectly.
Beautiful work
313 000 views for such a complex work!
I like this
40:00 the last completed notes of beethoven
I think the Grosse Fugue is better as a stand alone piece than the last movement of this quartet.
The ancient composers and music creators are more respectful than those that exist nowadays. Just how much creative are their minds to produce master piece just like this one!
A printing error: m. 93 (4:00), the last note before the repeat should be a half-note instead of dotted-half-note as the music begins with a quarter-note pick-up when repeated. Breitkopf & Hartel edition has half-note.
I actually heard the Grosse Fugue first. Only just have I decided to listen to the rest of the string quartet. I honestly really enjoyed this! Even without the Grosse Fugue at the end - in fact, I was wondering 'how on earth is this going to connect to the Fugue at the end!?' I was thinking it would somehow get crazier and crazier as the movements went on 😂
Finally I read the description - a very interesting story indeed; it makes sense and explains a lot!
Have there been any notable performances that included the Fugue, either by replacing this final movement, or by playing all of this, then the Fugue as well?
On CZcams, at least, the American Quartet did it with the Fugue.
Personally I think the ideal might be doing the Fugue as a finale, and then, since you've _obviously_ nailed the performance, an encore (i.e. the new finale) might be in order.
Bar 46, about 48:30. The tied notes foreshadow those the opening of the Grosse Fugue.
Ausgezeichnet.
Beethoven himself considered the Cavatina (part 5) as his best composition.
No he didnt, after he conpleted the late quartets he said the 131 was his best work. I disagree but what do I know compared to him, the man wrote his late quartets
@@chenyanhao676 The finale of 131 was really a masterpiece though. As good as anything he wrote before.
this video must have more views.....
The third movement is like a depiction of a pleasant walk in a park. A section of the cello part in that movement reminds me of Mozart's "Drum" quartet.
What Mozart quartet is called drum?
A french guy
In any case, I agree that the third movement is Mozartian.
on ne découvrira jamais l ampleur et la magie qu a voulu transcrire beethoven dans une oeuvre dans laquelle il reste tant à découvrir , un peu comme les trésors encore inhumés sous les sables du désert d égypte , c est un puits sans fond , un univers sans limite , en savourer la beauté , la grâce , le mystère sans trop réfléchir , vouloir s accaparer les chefs d oeuvre de ludwig reste et restera a jamais illusoire , mozart avait ouvert la voie , immense lui aussi , schubert et brahms apaiseront les mélomanes passionnés par bach ; haydn , schumann et mendelsohn resteront marginaux en quelques sortes
18:00 Is that rhythmic precursor to the radetzky march?!
Best
Magnifique interprétation mouvement 3 souvent confus quand même tempo adopté.
Je voudrais répéter ce que d autres ont dit : il faut en regarder la complexité de partition!!
I enter a new artistic period guided by the Finale Allegro!
Also, have the Cavantina be an ode to the Ye we have all lost.
10:21 Magic :)
In bar 71 of third movement , second violin part should be F natural instead of F sharp
Damn
Shut up and enjoy the music.
Henry Ng good ear buddy
How on Earth can you hear that?
Because here Beethoven is playing with the opening B flat-B double flat (marked as A) here, so D major with an F sharp doesn't make sense.
I guess Aliens would someday love this!
19:41 reminds me of the finale of Mr. Blue Sky by ELO.
If only Beethoven knew he was featured on the Earth ad in space
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I'm curious, was the "Cavatina" Beethoven's last composition at the time where he was already deaf so he had to feel the vibrations to complete his master piece? Or my memory kinda mixed something up😅
The finale is the last composition he ever completed.
what is the black colour in the finale (allegro)
Mahmoud Tarek sections shaded in black are not performed (as the first ending of a section marked for repeat, which has already been repeated).
The glissandi in the Presto, at 14:26-14:40, are, as we say, "to die for." Don't you agree?
what do you mean?
@@CelloCircle Are you asking what are "glisandi"? or why am I so exited by them? or where the heck are they?
@@waggishsagacity7947 i’m wondering how they’re a gliss. isn’t a gliss sliding the finger up or down the finger board. the violin is just playing a fast scale. or is a fast scale also a gliss
@@CelloCircle Thank you for the erudite response. As a result of your comment, I went Wikipedia to educate myself further. I came out understanding that Glissando and Portamento are used interchangeably, and that, in a word, there are true glissandi and fax glissandi., depending on the instrument (violin vs. piano, for example). For me, a glissando is musical beauty, not a discussion of terms. Indeed, I have never encountered a glissando I didn't like! They give me a thrill by way of a shudder, the hair on my back stand, my eyes tear up in joy, etc. As to the glissando we are talking about here, I know that Beethoven introduced it in one of his Opus 18 quartets (can't point it out to you at the moment), and "stole" from himself by repeating it verbatim in Op. 131. So he must have loved it too. In any event, I recommend the thrilling glissando at the beginning of Vivaldi's Oboe Concerto; the odd, but exciting quasi-glissando in Sibelius' Symphony No 2 or 5 ______) and in the performance of Boccherini's "Fandango" Guitar Quintet by the Quartetto d'archi Gagliano [enclosed: czcams.com/video/MLOmwmwPMxY/video.html ] where the cellist just slides & glides up & down repeatedly. It's a long response, but I hope you'd enjoy the examples I'd mentioned.
@@waggishsagacity7947 omg you use such big words😂 you’re awesome! yeah ofc! great info. i appreciate you doing research for the better of us both! i will definitely check out those excerpts you mentioned! thankyou
I wish we were sent something from outer space
2:39 sounds really like Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 "Von fremden Ländern und Menschen" :)
yes somehow The great Master was influenced by Schuman somehow😉
Anyone ever done a survey of how many recordings/performances use the Grosse Fuge finale vs. the published finale? It seems to be the trend among young quartets today to do the Grosse Fuge one, even though the published one is the one Beethoven signed off on. No one has ever proven that he did so for crass reasons.. And frankly I think you could make a case for either one. More than one way up the mountain.
8:42 is so beautiful
Writing this while completely deaf..
13:30 Reminds main theme First Movement Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto, in G major Op. 58
Did Schubert know about the last movement? (see D 960)
2:43 Could it be that Schubert was inspired by this theme for the first song of his Op. 15 "Kinderszenen" - "Von fremden Ländern und Menschen"?
The melodies and harmony are very similar, you right. But, is not Schubert, is Schumann.
I am come here because "The 116 images NASA wants aliens to see"
9:19 Bach Aria "Es ist vollbracht2 ??
Je ne suis pas du tout amateur du concept de mélodie -car trop subjectif-mais il me semble qu il y a dans la partie 19 m 25_19m35 le secret de la mélodie absolue
Davantage caché peut être ,mais a faire pâlir l envol de la flûte de l opus 60 , les enveloppements érotiques de la scène au bord du ruisseau opus 68 ,l escalier céleste de telle variation de l opus 80,l approche éperdue de la variation 3 de l opus 109...
Wow a double flat B note in the first measure of the 3rd movement?
"it will please them someday."
2:42 Schumann Kinderszenen?
Where is the final great fuge ?
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13:18
Hi Klasse 7c
22:37 Baixista :)
28:02
Aujourd'hui, tout le monde devrait terminer le 13e quatuor par la grande fugue.
40:12
21:30
9:17 god
0:07
hi timothy :-)
Wtf
@@jakeycakes- derp?