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Beethoven
Quartette op 127, 130, 131 (2vl,vla,vc)(parts)

KM 277
Price: 54,00 €
In stock
Complete String Quartets Breitkopf Originals
Parts Supplied with Fingerings and Bowing Marks by Engelbert Röntgen

String Quartet Op. 127 in Eb major
String Quartet Op. 130 in Bb major
String Quartet Op. 131 in C# minor

The editor, Engelbert Röntgen, writes in his foreword:

"Following a commission by the gentlemen Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig to produce a complete edition of Beethoven's string quartets supplied with bowing marks and fingerings, I undertook this task on the basis of the critical complete edition of these quartets, published in 1862. First of all, it seemed necessary to change the original slurring in some places to suit the bowing technique, with regard to performing and expression.

In the quartets from Beethovens early period, the performing marks often lack the accuracy and completeness that is required for an exact interplay, whereas they are given in the quartets of his later period almost everywhere with the greatest detail and precision, . Furthermore, the before mentioned scores contain a number of mistakes, which in all likelihood may have crept into the manuscripts as writing mistakes.

I have therefore endeavored to carefully add the missing performing marks, as well as to correct the incorrect notes, without, however, claiming to have done everything that is questionable.
Quartette op 127, 130, 131 (2vl,vla,vc)(parts)