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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
1tes Terzett (in Es) für Violine, Viola und Violoncello... 3te Werk.
Wien: Tobias Haslinger , [ca. 1840].
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1tes Terzett (in Es) für Violine, Viola und Violoncello... 3te Werk.
Wien: Tobias Haslinger , [ca. 1840].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
3tes Terzett in D für Violine, Viola und Violoncello... 9tes Werk No. 2. [Parts].
Wien: Tobias Haslinger, [ca. 1840].
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3tes Terzett in D für Violine, Viola und Violoncello... 9tes Werk No. 2. [Parts].
Wien: Tobias Haslinger, [ca. 1840].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
A complete collection of sets of parts of all of the string quartets in first and early editions.
Price: $26,500.00
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A complete collection of sets of parts of all of the string quartets in first and early editions.
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Achte Grosse Sinfonie in F dur : für 2 Violinen, 2 Violen, 2 Flauten, 2 Oboen, 2 Clarinetten, 2 Fagott, 2 Horn, 2 Trompeten, Pauken, Violoncello und Basso... 93tes Werk
Wien: S.A. Steiner und Comp. [PN] 2571, [1817].
Price: $1,000.00
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Achte Grosse Sinfonie in F dur : für 2 Violinen, 2 Violen, 2 Flauten, 2 Oboen, 2 Clarinetten, 2 Fagott, 2 Horn, 2 Trompeten, Pauken, Violoncello und Basso... 93tes Werk
Wien: S.A. Steiner und Comp. [PN] 2571, [1817].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Fuge (in D.) für 2 Violinen 2 Violen und Violoncell... (am 28ten Novemb: 1817.) 137tes Werk. [Score and parts].
Wien: Tobias Haslinger [PN T.H. 4978] , [Autumn 1827].
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Fuge (in D.) für 2 Violinen 2 Violen und Violoncell... (am 28ten Novemb: 1817.) 137tes Werk. [Score and parts].
Wien: Tobias Haslinger [PN T.H. 4978] , [Autumn 1827].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Grand Quintetto per due Violini, due Viole, e Violoncello... Opera [4]. [Set of parts].
Vienne: [Artaria e] Comp. [PN] 627 , [after 1796].
Price: $3,250.00
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Grand Quintetto per due Violini, due Viole, e Violoncello... Opera [4]. [Set of parts].
Vienne: [Artaria e] Comp. [PN] 627 , [after 1796].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Partition du second quintetto... pour deux Violons, deux altos et Violoncelle... [Op. 29]. [Full score].
Offenbach s/m: Jean André [PN] 5282, [1829-30].
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Partition du second quintetto... pour deux Violons, deux altos et Violoncelle... [Op. 29]. [Full score].
Offenbach s/m: Jean André [PN] 5282, [1829-30].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Quatuor pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle : composé et dedié à Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicolas de Galitzin Lieutenant Colonel de la Garde de Sa Majesté Impériale de toutes les Russies par Louis v. Beethoven Oeuvre 127. [Set of parts].
Mayence: fils de B. Schott [PN] 2351, [1826].
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Quatuor pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle : composé et dedié à Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicolas de Galitzin Lieutenant Colonel de la Garde de Sa Majesté Impériale de toutes les Russies par Louis v. Beethoven Oeuvre 127. [Set of parts].
Mayence: fils de B. Schott [PN] 2351, [1826].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Quintett für 2 Violinen, 2 Bratschen und Violonzell... Op. 104. [Parts].
Wien: Artaria und Comp. [PN] 2573 , [ca. 1820].
Price: $500.00
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Quintett für 2 Violinen, 2 Bratschen und Violonzell... Op. 104. [Parts].
Wien: Artaria und Comp. [PN] 2573 , [ca. 1820].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Quintetto Pour 2 Violons, 2 Altos et Violoncelle : composé et dédié à Monsieur le Comte Maurice de Fries... Oeuv. 29. [Set of parts]
Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 94], [December 1802].
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Quintetto Pour 2 Violons, 2 Altos et Violoncelle : composé et dédié à Monsieur le Comte Maurice de Fries... Oeuv. 29. [Set of parts]
Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 94], [December 1802].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Trois Trios pour le Pianoforte, Violon et Violoncelle... Op. 1 [No. 1]. Nouvelle Edition. [Parts].
Leipzig: C.F. Peters [PN] 2240, [1832].
Price: $120.00
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Trois Trios pour le Pianoforte, Violon et Violoncelle... Op. 1 [No. 1]. Nouvelle Edition. [Parts].
Leipzig: C.F. Peters [PN] 2240, [1832].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Troisième Partition du Quatuor pour 2 Violons, Alte & Violoncelle... Oeuvre 130. [Full score].
Vienne: chez Maths. Artaria [PN M.A. 870], [1827].
Price: $2,850.00
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Troisième Partition du Quatuor pour 2 Violons, Alte & Violoncelle... Oeuvre 130. [Full score].
Vienne: chez Maths. Artaria [PN M.A. 870], [1827].
Price: $2,850.00
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Zwei Romanzen für Violine & Orchester... Ausgabe für Violine & Klavier [Op. 40, Op. 50]. [Score and violin part].
Leipzig: C.F. Peters [PN 2] , [192?].
Price: $135.00
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Zwei Romanzen für Violine & Orchester... Ausgabe für Violine & Klavier [Op. 40, Op. 50]. [Score and violin part].
Leipzig: C.F. Peters [PN 2] , [192?].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Quatuor pour Deux Violons, Viola et Violoncelle : composé et dédié à son Altesse le Prince regnant de Lobkowitz Duc de Raudnitz... Oeuv. 74. [Parts]
Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 1609], [November 1810].
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Quatuor pour Deux Violons, Viola et Violoncelle : composé et dédié à son Altesse le Prince regnant de Lobkowitz Duc de Raudnitz... Oeuv. 74. [Parts]
Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 1609], [November 1810].
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Troisième Quatuor pour 2 Violons, Alte & Violoncelle... : dediés a Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicolas de Galitzin... Oeuvre 130. [Set of parts]
Vienne: Maths. Artaria [PN] 871, [1827].
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Troisième Quatuor pour 2 Violons, Alte & Violoncelle... : dediés a Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicolas de Galitzin... Oeuvre 130. [Set of parts]
Vienne: Maths. Artaria [PN] 871, [1827].
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BERWALD, Franz 1796-1868.
Quartett No. 2 Amoll : für 2 Violiner, Altviol och Violoncell... Partitur.
Stockholm: Elkan & Schildknecht [PN] E. & S. 2133 , [ca. 1903].
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Quartett No. 2 Amoll : für 2 Violiner, Altviol och Violoncell... Partitur.
Stockholm: Elkan & Schildknecht [PN] E. & S. 2133 , [ca. 1903].
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BRAHMS, Johannes 1833-1897.
Quartett (in B dur No. 3) für 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell... Op. 67. Partitur.
Berlin: N. Simrock [PN 7892] , 1876.
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Quartett (in B dur No. 3) für 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell... Op. 67. Partitur.
Berlin: N. Simrock [PN 7892] , 1876.
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BRAHMS, Johannes 1833-1897.
Zwei Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell... Op. 51. Partitur. : No. 1. C moll... No. 2. A moll
Berlin: N. Simrock [PNs 7378, 7379], 1873.
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Zwei Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell... Op. 51. Partitur. : No. 1. C moll... No. 2. A moll
Berlin: N. Simrock [PNs 7378, 7379], 1873.
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CORELLI, Arcangelo 1653-1713.
Concerti Grossi : Con duoi Violini, e Violoncello di Concertino obligati, e duoi altri Violini, Viola, e Basso di Concerto Grosso, ad arbitrio, che li potranno radoppiare... Opera Sesta. XII Great Concertos, or Sonatas, for two Violins and a Violincello: or for two Violins more, a Tenor, and a Thorough Bass: which may be doubled at Pleasure. being the Sixth and last work of Arcangelo Corelli. [Parts].
London: Printed for I. Walsh... and I. Hare, [1715].
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Concerti Grossi : Con duoi Violini, e Violoncello di Concertino obligati, e duoi altri Violini, Viola, e Basso di Concerto Grosso, ad arbitrio, che li potranno radoppiare... Opera Sesta. XII Great Concertos, or Sonatas, for two Violins and a Violincello: or for two Violins more, a Tenor, and a Thorough Bass: which may be doubled at Pleasure. being the Sixth and last work of Arcangelo Corelli. [Parts].
London: Printed for I. Walsh... and I. Hare, [1715].
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CORELLI, Arcangelo 1653-1713.
Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo : dedicate all Altezza serenissima Elettorale di Sofia Carlotta Elettrice di Brandenburgo... Parte Prima [Parte Seconde Preludii Allemande Correnti Gighe Sarabande Gavotte e Follia]. Opera Quinta. Incisa de Gasparo Pietra Santa.
[Rome]: [1700].
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Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo : dedicate all Altezza serenissima Elettorale di Sofia Carlotta Elettrice di Brandenburgo... Parte Prima [Parte Seconde Preludii Allemande Correnti Gighe Sarabande Gavotte e Follia]. Opera Quinta. Incisa de Gasparo Pietra Santa.
[Rome]: [1700].
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![Folio. Unbound. 1f. (title within decorative border), [1] 9blank), 2-15; 13; 12 pp. Engraved. Soiled at edges; title torn with loss of approximately one-third of page. Folio. Unbound. 1f. (title within decorative border), [1] 9blank), 2-15; 13; 12 pp. Engraved. Soiled at edges; title torn with loss of approximately one-third of page.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/21494.jpg)

![1 - Op. 181tes [-6tes] Quartett... 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello... 18tes Werk. Wien: Tobias Haslinger [without plate number] [ca. 1840]. Vl I: 1f. (title), [1] (blank), 2-12; 1f. (title), [1] (blank), 2-11; 1f. (title), [1] (blank), 2-11; 1f. (title), 9; 1f. (title), 9; 1f. (title), 9 pp. Vl II: 9; 8; 9; 8; 8; 8 pp. Va: 9; 7; 8; 8; 8; 8 pp. Vc: 9; 7; 8; 7; 8; 7 pp. Engraved. Kinsky p. 44. Hoboken 2, 96 and 97. "It was to the set of String Quartets, op. 18, that Beethoven turned for the most ambitious single project of his early Vienna years. This set was begun in 1798, composed primarily in 1799 and 1800, and published in 1801 with a dedication to Prince Lobkowitz... All of them essentially accept the usual four-movement structure and all reflect the Viennese Classic style, with an occasional admixture of Italianate melody - perhaps under the influence of Salieri, to whom Beethoven had just dedicated his Sonatas, op. 12." Solomon: Beethoven, p. 101.2 - Op. 59[Trois Quatuors pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncello... Oeuvre 59]. [Vienne: Au Bureau des arts et d'industrie A' Pesth chez Schreyvogel & Comp. [PNs 580, 585, 585] [1808]. Vl I: 2ff. (title, dedication to Count Razumovsky), [1] (blank), 2-13; [1] (blank), 2-11; 10 pp. Vl II: 10; 9; 9 pp. Va: 10; [1] (blank), 2-9; [1] (blank), 2-10 pp.Vc: 10; 9; [1] (blank) 2-9 pp. Engraved. First Edition of the Razumovsky quartets. Kinsky-Halm, p. 141. Dorfmüller, p. 216. Hirsch IV, 299. Hoboken 2, 274. "The string quartets of op. 59 so strained the medium, as it was understood in 1806, that they met with resistance from players and audiences alike... Each quartet was supposed to include a Russian melody, for the benefit of the dedicatee Count Razumovsky, the Russian ambassador in Vienna. Here for the first time may be seen Beethoven's interest in folksong, which was to grow in later years. Folksongs did not much help the first two quartets, but Razumovsky's notion came to superb fruition in the third, where Beethoven gave up the idea of incorporating pre-existing tunes and instead wrote the haunting A minor Andante in what he must have conceived to be a Russian idiom." TNG Vol. 2, p. 383. 3 - Op. 74Quatuor pour Deux Violons, Viola et Violoncelle composé et dédié à Son Altesse le Prince Regnant de Lobkowitz Duc de Raudnitz... Oeuv. 74. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN] 1609 [1810]. Vl I: [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-11 pp. Vl II: 7 pp. Vla: 7 pp. Vc: 7 pp. Engraved. First German edition, second issue, published very shortly after the Chelemti edition (see Del Mar: Beethoven's String Quartets op. 74 op. 95 Critical Commentary, pp. 14-15). Kinsky p. 198; Hirsch IV, 320; Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 220; Hoboken 2, 333 (all citing the Breitkopf edition as the first). Often referred to as the "harp" quartet; the name derives from the pizzicato effects in the first movement. 4 - Op. 95Elftes Quartett für zwey Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncelle Seinem Freunde dem Herrn Hofsekretär Nik. Zmeskall von Domanovetz ... 95tes Werk. Wien: S.A. Steiner und Comp. [PN S. et C. 2580] [1816]. Vl. I: 1f. (title, v. blank), [1] (publisher's announcement dated February 1816), 2-9 pp. Vl II: [1] (blank), 2-9 pp. Vla: [1] (blank), 2-9 pp. Vc: [1] (blank), 2-9 pp. Engraved. First Edition, variant issue (distinguished by the presence of a diminuendo sign in measure 21 and a crescendo sign in measure 22 in the third movement of the second violin part). Del Mar P 1-1/2, p. 17. Kinsky-Halm p. 268. Hirsch IV, 355. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 224. Hoboken 2, 409. "The Quartets in Eb and F minor were written about a year apart, then: an appreciable span of time, by Beethoven's earlier standards. But on this occasion, nothing of first importance appears to have occupied him in between. There would seem to be every reason to consider the two quartets together, in the same way that we naturally group together the six quartets, Op. 18, or the three of Op. 59. Indeed, the two share certain technical proclivities - in the attitude toward sonata form, for example, and toward the key sequence of movements - and both exhibit a poise and control that mark a decided advance over the earlier period (or sub-period). Nonetheless, between the two there is a cleavage in aesthetic stance unlike anything that differentiates the "Razumovsky" Quartets from one another. The Eb Quartet is an open, unproblematic, lucid work of consolidation, like some others written at this time. The F minor Quartet is an involved, impassioned, highly idiosyncratic piece, problematic in every one of its movements, advanced in a hundred ways. One work looks backward, perhaps, the other forward. Or to put it better, one work looks outward, the other inward. It would be hard to imagine any composer grouping these antipodes together as a single opus." Kerman: The Beethoven Quartets, p. 156. We would like to thank Dr. Jonathan Del Mar for his kind assistance in the identification of this issue. 5 - Op. 127Quatuor pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle composé et dédié à Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicolas Galitzin... Oeuvre 127. Mayence: les fils de B. Schott [PN] 2351 [March 1826]. Vl I: 1f. (title, v. blank), [1] (blank), 2-13 pp. Vl II: [1] (title), 2-12 pp. Va: [1] (title), 2-11 pp. Vc: [1] (title), 2-11 pp. Title lithographed, music engraved. First Edition. Kinsky-Halm p. 385. Hirsch IV, 399. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 232. Hoboken 2, 510. Schott also published this work in Paris at about the same time. 6 - Op. 130Troisième Quatuor pour 2 Violons, Alte & Violoncelle des Quatuors composés et dediés A Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicolas de Galitzin... Oeuvre 130... Ecrit et piquire par A. Kurka. Vienne: Maths. Artaria [PN M.A. 871] [May 1827]. Vl I: [1] (title), 2-15 pp.Vl II: 13 pp. Va: 11 pp., with manuscript overpaste to page 7 Vc: 11 pp. Engraved throughout. Small oval publisher's blindstamp to lower margins. Binder's holes to inner margin. First Edition variant, with music commencing on verso of title to first violin part. Kinsky-Halm p. 395 (describing another printing with blank verso to title). Hirsch IV, 403. Hoboken 2, 516. 7 - Op. 131Grand Quatuor En Ut dièze mineur pour deux Violons alto et Violoncelle composé et dédié à Son Excellence Monsieur Le Baron de Stutterhiem... Oeuvre 131. Mayence: les fils de B. Schott [PN] 2628 [June 1827]. Vl I: 1f. (title, v. blank), 13 pp.Vl II: [1] (title), 2-13 pp. Va: [1] (title), 2-13 pp. Vc: [1] (title), 2-13 pp. Lithographic titles, music engraved. First Edition. .Kinsky-Halm p. 399. Hirsch IV, 405. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 233. 8 - Op. 132Quatuor pour 2 Violons, Alto & Violoncelle Composé & Dédié à Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicolas de Galitzin... Oeuvre posthume. Oeuv 132. No. 12 des Quatuors. Berlin: Ad. Mt. Schlesinger... Paris: Maurice Schlesinger [PN] 1443 [Sept. 1827]. Vl I: [1] (title), [2]-[3] (blank), 4-19 pp.Vl II: [1] (title), 2-15 pp.Va: [1] (title), 2-15 pp. Vc: [1] (title), 2-15 pp. Engraved throughout. Small oval publisher's stamp to lower corners of title. First Edition. Kinsky-Halm p. 402. Hirsch IV, 407. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 233. Hoboken 2, 521. 9 - Op. 133Grande Fugue tantôt libre, tantôt recherché 2 Violons, Alte & Violoncelle. Dediée avec les plus profonde vénération A Son Altesse Imperiale et Royale Eminentissime Monseigneur le Cardinal Rodolphe... Oeuvre 133. Vienne: Math. Artaria [PN M.A. 877] [May 1827]. Vl I: [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-10 pp.Vl II: [1] (blank), 9 pp.Va: [1] (blank), 2-9 pp.Vc: [1] (blank), 2-9 pp. Engraved throughout. First Edition. Kinsky-Halm p. 405. Hirsch IV, 409. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 234. Hoboken 2, 524. 10 - Op. 135Quatuor pour 2 Violons Alto & Violoncelle Composé & dédié à son ami Johann Wolfmeier... Oeuvre posthume. Oeuv. 135. No. 17 des Quatuors. Berlin: Ad. Mt. Schlesinger... Paris: Maurice Schlesinger [PN] 1444] [Sept. 1827]. Vl I: 1f. (title, v. blank), [2] (blank), 2-11 pp.Vl II: 1f. (title, v. blank), 9 pp. Va: 1f. (title, v. blank), 9 pp.Vc: [1] (title), 2-8 pp. Engraved throughout. With printed initials "FJ" to lower right corner of title, possibly those of the engraver. First Edition. Kinsky-Halm p. 410. Hirsch IV, 412. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 234. Hoboken 2, 528. "[The late period quartets] carry not merely the string quartet but the art of music into new regions. Studies of them and commentaries on them are innumerable; like Hamlet they will never yield up their last secrets or admit of a 'final' solution. They are inexhaustible and all that can be done here is to indicate in what ways they advance the frontiers of the art of music. The first to be completed (in 1824), and the only one published during Beethoven's lifetime, was the E flat, Op. 127. Then came the A minor, Op. 132, and the B flat, Op. 130 (but with the afterwards separated Grosse Fuge, Op. 133, as its finale) (both 1825), the C sharp minor, Op. 131, the F major, Op. 135, and the present finale of Op. 130 (all in 1826). The immediate impulse to their composition may have been given by a commission from another quartet-playing Russian nobleman, the Prince 'von Galitzin' (more accurately 'Golitsïn) to whom Opp. 127, 130, and 132 are dedicated... Beethoven's deafness and consequent spiritual isolation combined with certain specifically musical factors to make many things in the last quartets incomprehensible to contemporaries and not easily comprehensible to later generations." Abraham: The Age of Beethoven 1790-1830, Vol. VIII of The New Oxford History of Music, pp. 295-296. An important collection. Four volumes. Folio. 19th century quarter cloth with marbled boards, titling gilt to spines and upper boards. Each part with collection number stamped to upper outer margin throughout. 19th century thematic index to Volume I. With neat performance markings in pencil to first violin parts throughout and occasional additional markings in pencil and red crayon to other parts. Binding slightly worn, rubbed and bumped. Occasional foxing and wear. In very good condition overall. 1 - Op. 181tes [-6tes] Quartett... 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello... 18tes Werk. Wien: Tobias Haslinger [without plate number] [ca. 1840]. Vl I: 1f. (title), [1] (blank), 2-12; 1f. (title), [1] (blank), 2-11; 1f. (title), [1] (blank), 2-11; 1f. (title), 9; 1f. (title), 9; 1f. (title), 9 pp. Vl II: 9; 8; 9; 8; 8; 8 pp. Va: 9; 7; 8; 8; 8; 8 pp. Vc: 9; 7; 8; 7; 8; 7 pp. Engraved. Kinsky p. 44. Hoboken 2, 96 and 97. "It was to the set of String Quartets, op. 18, that Beethoven turned for the most ambitious single project of his early Vienna years. This set was begun in 1798, composed primarily in 1799 and 1800, and published in 1801 with a dedication to Prince Lobkowitz... All of them essentially accept the usual four-movement structure and all reflect the Viennese Classic style, with an occasional admixture of Italianate melody - perhaps under the influence of Salieri, to whom Beethoven had just dedicated his Sonatas, op. 12." Solomon: Beethoven, p. 101.2 - Op. 59[Trois Quatuors pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncello... Oeuvre 59]. [Vienne: Au Bureau des arts et d'industrie A' Pesth chez Schreyvogel & Comp. [PNs 580, 585, 585] [1808]. Vl I: 2ff. (title, dedication to Count Razumovsky), [1] (blank), 2-13; [1] (blank), 2-11; 10 pp. Vl II: 10; 9; 9 pp. Va: 10; [1] (blank), 2-9; [1] (blank), 2-10 pp.Vc: 10; 9; [1] (blank) 2-9 pp. Engraved. First Edition of the Razumovsky quartets. Kinsky-Halm, p. 141. Dorfmüller, p. 216. Hirsch IV, 299. Hoboken 2, 274. "The string quartets of op. 59 so strained the medium, as it was understood in 1806, that they met with resistance from players and audiences alike... Each quartet was supposed to include a Russian melody, for the benefit of the dedicatee Count Razumovsky, the Russian ambassador in Vienna. Here for the first time may be seen Beethoven's interest in folksong, which was to grow in later years. Folksongs did not much help the first two quartets, but Razumovsky's notion came to superb fruition in the third, where Beethoven gave up the idea of incorporating pre-existing tunes and instead wrote the haunting A minor Andante in what he must have conceived to be a Russian idiom." TNG Vol. 2, p. 383. 3 - Op. 74Quatuor pour Deux Violons, Viola et Violoncelle composé et dédié à Son Altesse le Prince Regnant de Lobkowitz Duc de Raudnitz... Oeuv. 74. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN] 1609 [1810]. Vl I: [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-11 pp. Vl II: 7 pp. Vla: 7 pp. Vc: 7 pp. Engraved. First German edition, second issue, published very shortly after the Chelemti edition (see Del Mar: Beethoven's String Quartets op. 74 op. 95 Critical Commentary, pp. 14-15). Kinsky p. 198; Hirsch IV, 320; Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 220; Hoboken 2, 333 (all citing the Breitkopf edition as the first). Often referred to as the "harp" quartet; the name derives from the pizzicato effects in the first movement. 4 - Op. 95Elftes Quartett für zwey Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncelle Seinem Freunde dem Herrn Hofsekretär Nik. Zmeskall von Domanovetz ... 95tes Werk. Wien: S.A. Steiner und Comp. [PN S. et C. 2580] [1816]. Vl. I: 1f. (title, v. blank), [1] (publisher's announcement dated February 1816), 2-9 pp. Vl II: [1] (blank), 2-9 pp. Vla: [1] (blank), 2-9 pp. Vc: [1] (blank), 2-9 pp. Engraved. First Edition, variant issue (distinguished by the presence of a diminuendo sign in measure 21 and a crescendo sign in measure 22 in the third movement of the second violin part). Del Mar P 1-1/2, p. 17. Kinsky-Halm p. 268. Hirsch IV, 355. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 224. Hoboken 2, 409. "The Quartets in Eb and F minor were written about a year apart, then: an appreciable span of time, by Beethoven's earlier standards. But on this occasion, nothing of first importance appears to have occupied him in between. There would seem to be every reason to consider the two quartets together, in the same way that we naturally group together the six quartets, Op. 18, or the three of Op. 59. Indeed, the two share certain technical proclivities - in the attitude toward sonata form, for example, and toward the key sequence of movements - and both exhibit a poise and control that mark a decided advance over the earlier period (or sub-period). Nonetheless, between the two there is a cleavage in aesthetic stance unlike anything that differentiates the "Razumovsky" Quartets from one another. The Eb Quartet is an open, unproblematic, lucid work of consolidation, like some others written at this time. The F minor Quartet is an involved, impassioned, highly idiosyncratic piece, problematic in every one of its movements, advanced in a hundred ways. One work looks backward, perhaps, the other forward. Or to put it better, one work looks outward, the other inward. It would be hard to imagine any composer grouping these antipodes together as a single opus." Kerman: The Beethoven Quartets, p. 156. We would like to thank Dr. Jonathan Del Mar for his kind assistance in the identification of this issue. 5 - Op. 127Quatuor pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle composé et dédié à Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicolas Galitzin... Oeuvre 127. Mayence: les fils de B. Schott [PN] 2351 [March 1826]. Vl I: 1f. (title, v. blank), [1] (blank), 2-13 pp. Vl II: [1] (title), 2-12 pp. Va: [1] (title), 2-11 pp. Vc: [1] (title), 2-11 pp. Title lithographed, music engraved. First Edition. Kinsky-Halm p. 385. Hirsch IV, 399. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 232. Hoboken 2, 510. Schott also published this work in Paris at about the same time. 6 - Op. 130Troisième Quatuor pour 2 Violons, Alte & Violoncelle des Quatuors composés et dediés A Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicolas de Galitzin... Oeuvre 130... Ecrit et piquire par A. Kurka. Vienne: Maths. Artaria [PN M.A. 871] [May 1827]. Vl I: [1] (title), 2-15 pp.Vl II: 13 pp. Va: 11 pp., with manuscript overpaste to page 7 Vc: 11 pp. Engraved throughout. Small oval publisher's blindstamp to lower margins. Binder's holes to inner margin. First Edition variant, with music commencing on verso of title to first violin part. Kinsky-Halm p. 395 (describing another printing with blank verso to title). Hirsch IV, 403. Hoboken 2, 516. 7 - Op. 131Grand Quatuor En Ut dièze mineur pour deux Violons alto et Violoncelle composé et dédié à Son Excellence Monsieur Le Baron de Stutterhiem... Oeuvre 131. Mayence: les fils de B. Schott [PN] 2628 [June 1827]. Vl I: 1f. (title, v. blank), 13 pp.Vl II: [1] (title), 2-13 pp. Va: [1] (title), 2-13 pp. Vc: [1] (title), 2-13 pp. Lithographic titles, music engraved. First Edition. .Kinsky-Halm p. 399. Hirsch IV, 405. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 233. 8 - Op. 132Quatuor pour 2 Violons, Alto & Violoncelle Composé & Dédié à Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicolas de Galitzin... Oeuvre posthume. Oeuv 132. No. 12 des Quatuors. Berlin: Ad. Mt. Schlesinger... Paris: Maurice Schlesinger [PN] 1443 [Sept. 1827]. Vl I: [1] (title), [2]-[3] (blank), 4-19 pp.Vl II: [1] (title), 2-15 pp.Va: [1] (title), 2-15 pp. Vc: [1] (title), 2-15 pp. Engraved throughout. Small oval publisher's stamp to lower corners of title. First Edition. Kinsky-Halm p. 402. Hirsch IV, 407. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 233. Hoboken 2, 521. 9 - Op. 133Grande Fugue tantôt libre, tantôt recherché 2 Violons, Alte & Violoncelle. Dediée avec les plus profonde vénération A Son Altesse Imperiale et Royale Eminentissime Monseigneur le Cardinal Rodolphe... Oeuvre 133. Vienne: Math. Artaria [PN M.A. 877] [May 1827]. Vl I: [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-10 pp.Vl II: [1] (blank), 9 pp.Va: [1] (blank), 2-9 pp.Vc: [1] (blank), 2-9 pp. Engraved throughout. First Edition. Kinsky-Halm p. 405. Hirsch IV, 409. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 234. Hoboken 2, 524. 10 - Op. 135Quatuor pour 2 Violons Alto & Violoncelle Composé & dédié à son ami Johann Wolfmeier... Oeuvre posthume. Oeuv. 135. No. 17 des Quatuors. Berlin: Ad. Mt. Schlesinger... Paris: Maurice Schlesinger [PN] 1444] [Sept. 1827]. Vl I: 1f. (title, v. blank), [2] (blank), 2-11 pp.Vl II: 1f. (title, v. blank), 9 pp. Va: 1f. (title, v. blank), 9 pp.Vc: [1] (title), 2-8 pp. Engraved throughout. With printed initials "FJ" to lower right corner of title, possibly those of the engraver. First Edition. Kinsky-Halm p. 410. Hirsch IV, 412. Dorfmüller-Weinhold p. 234. Hoboken 2, 528. "[The late period quartets] carry not merely the string quartet but the art of music into new regions. Studies of them and commentaries on them are innumerable; like Hamlet they will never yield up their last secrets or admit of a 'final' solution. They are inexhaustible and all that can be done here is to indicate in what ways they advance the frontiers of the art of music. The first to be completed (in 1824), and the only one published during Beethoven's lifetime, was the E flat, Op. 127. Then came the A minor, Op. 132, and the B flat, Op. 130 (but with the afterwards separated Grosse Fuge, Op. 133, as its finale) (both 1825), the C sharp minor, Op. 131, the F major, Op. 135, and the present finale of Op. 130 (all in 1826). The immediate impulse to their composition may have been given by a commission from another quartet-playing Russian nobleman, the Prince 'von Galitzin' (more accurately 'Golitsïn) to whom Opp. 127, 130, and 132 are dedicated... Beethoven's deafness and consequent spiritual isolation combined with certain specifically musical factors to make many things in the last quartets incomprehensible to contemporaries and not easily comprehensible to later generations." Abraham: The Age of Beethoven 1790-1830, Vol. VIII of The New Oxford History of Music, pp. 295-296. An important collection. Four volumes. Folio. 19th century quarter cloth with marbled boards, titling gilt to spines and upper boards. Each part with collection number stamped to upper outer margin throughout. 19th century thematic index to Volume I. With neat performance markings in pencil to first violin parts throughout and occasional additional markings in pencil and red crayon to other parts. Binding slightly worn, rubbed and bumped. Occasional foxing and wear. In very good condition overall.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/19892.jpg)


![Folio. Sewn. [1] (title), 2-11, [i] (blank); 8, [ii] (blank); 7, [i] (blank); 7, [i] (blank), 7, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Watermark incorporating a star within a shield. Moderately worn and soiled; some light foxing, heavier to title of first violin part. First violin part with old paper reinforcement to spine. Portion of imprint removed from title. Folio. Sewn. [1] (title), 2-11, [i] (blank); 8, [ii] (blank); 7, [i] (blank); 7, [i] (blank), 7, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Watermark incorporating a star within a shield. Moderately worn and soiled; some light foxing, heavier to title of first violin part. First violin part with old paper reinforcement to spine. Portion of imprint removed from title.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/17607.jpg)
![Octavo. Disbound. [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-39 pp. Lithographed. Ex-library with small library stamp to title; slightly worn and browned; staining to inner margins of title and last leaf. Octavo. Disbound. [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-39 pp. Lithographed. Ex-library with small library stamp to title; slightly worn and browned; staining to inner margins of title and last leaf.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/21488.jpg)
![Folio. Sewn. Preserved in a custom-made russett cloth clamshell box with printed paper label to spine. 1f. (title, verso blank), [1] (blank), 2-13; [1] (title), 2-12; [1] (title), 2-11, [i] (blank); [1] (title), 2-11, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Slightly foxed; overpaste to imprint to first volume partially removed. A very good, wide-margined copy overall. Folio. Sewn. Preserved in a custom-made russett cloth clamshell box with printed paper label to spine. 1f. (title, verso blank), [1] (blank), 2-13; [1] (title), 2-12; [1] (title), 2-11, [i] (blank); [1] (title), 2-11, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Slightly foxed; overpaste to imprint to first volume partially removed. A very good, wide-margined copy overall.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/18860.jpg)
![Folio. Violin I: [1] (title), 2-11 pp.; Violin II: 9 pp.; Viola I: 7 pp.; Viola II: 7 pp.; Violoncello: 7 pp. (in copy).With handstamp "Milano Presso Giovanni Ricordi" to foot of title, price in manuscript. Lacking violoncello part, supplied here in reduced colour copy. Folio. Violin I: [1] (title), 2-11 pp.; Violin II: 9 pp.; Viola I: 7 pp.; Viola II: 7 pp.; Violoncello: 7 pp. (in copy).With handstamp "Milano Presso Giovanni Ricordi" to foot of title, price in manuscript. Lacking violoncello part, supplied here in reduced colour copy.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/21492.jpg)
![Folio. Unbound, as issued. Preserved in a modern full dark green cloth folder with black leather label gilt to spine. [1] (title), 2-13; 9; 8; 8; 8 pp. Engraved. Early signature to title. Slightly browned throughout; repairs to spine of first violin part with slight paper loss. Folio. Unbound, as issued. Preserved in a modern full dark green cloth folder with black leather label gilt to spine. [1] (title), 2-13; 9; 8; 8; 8 pp. Engraved. Early signature to title. Slightly browned throughout; repairs to spine of first violin part with slight paper loss.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/18976.jpg)
![Folio. Contemporary marbled paper to spines. [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-19; 6; 4 pp. Engraved. With early ownership signatures to foot of title. Slightly worn, foxed, stained and soiled; corners of titles repaired. Folio. Contemporary marbled paper to spines. [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-19; 6; 4 pp. Engraved. With early ownership signatures to foot of title. Slightly worn, foxed, stained and soiled; corners of titles repaired.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/21421.jpg)
![Folio. Newly bound in quarter dark red morocco with marbled boards, black leather label gilt to spine. 1f. (half title, verso blank), [1] (title incorporating crown above a stippled circle), [2] (blank), 3-67, [1] (blank) pp. Engraved. With handstamp of J.J. Ewer [London] to foot of half-title. A very little minor staining to upper blank margins. A fine copy overall, with clear, strong impression and wide margins. Folio. Newly bound in quarter dark red morocco with marbled boards, black leather label gilt to spine. 1f. (half title, verso blank), [1] (title incorporating crown above a stippled circle), [2] (blank), 3-67, [1] (blank) pp. Engraved. With handstamp of J.J. Ewer [London] to foot of half-title. A very little minor staining to upper blank margins. A fine copy overall, with clear, strong impression and wide margins.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/18861.jpg)


![Folio. 1f. (title), [i] (blank), 2-15, [i] (blank); 13, [i] (blank); 11, [i] (blank), 11, [i] (blank). Disbound. Slight dampstaining to upper inner corner of viola part and to outer margins, just affecting printed area of violoncello part. A very good, fresh, wide-margined copy overall. Folio. 1f. (title), [i] (blank), 2-15, [i] (blank); 13, [i] (blank); 11, [i] (blank), 11, [i] (blank). Disbound. Slight dampstaining to upper inner corner of viola part and to outer margins, just affecting printed area of violoncello part. A very good, fresh, wide-margined copy overall.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/19748.jpg)
![Large octavo. Original publisher's printed wrappers. [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-33 pp. Slightly worn and browned; reinforced at spine. Large octavo. Original publisher's printed wrappers. [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-33 pp. Slightly worn and browned; reinforced at spine.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/18953.jpg)
![Octavo. Unbound. [1] (title), 2-39 pp. Lithographed. Octavo. Unbound. [1] (title), 2-39 pp. Lithographed.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/18933.jpg)


![Oblong folio. Full contemporary vellum. 2ff. (title and dedication, printed on the recto of each leaf and numbered "1" and "2" respectively), 3-39 music; [40] (secondary title), pp. 41-68 pp. Engraved. With manuscript annotation to free front endpaper dated 1735 indicating that the present copy was formerly in the collection of Baron [Johann] Matthias de Ascheberg. Binding somewhat soiled and worn. First leaf soiled; moderate dampstaining to lower corners throughout. Lacking full-page frontispiece engraving. With strong clear impression. Oblong folio. Full contemporary vellum. 2ff. (title and dedication, printed on the recto of each leaf and numbered "1" and "2" respectively), 3-39 music; [40] (secondary title), pp. 41-68 pp. Engraved. With manuscript annotation to free front endpaper dated 1735 indicating that the present copy was formerly in the collection of Baron [Johann] Matthias de Ascheberg. Binding somewhat soiled and worn. First leaf soiled; moderate dampstaining to lower corners throughout. Lacking full-page frontispiece engraving. With strong clear impression.](/lubrano/images/items/80x160/20841.jpg)


