Quintettsatz in D minor (Beethoven)

The Quintettsatz in D minor, Hess 40, is an incomplete composition for a string quintet with two violas by Ludwig van Beethoven. Comprising a completed prelude and an incomplete fugue, it was composed in 1817 around the same time as the Fugue for String Quintet in D major, Op. 137. ^[1]

Background

From surviving manuscripts, it appears that Beethoven first started work on the quintet around 1815, with sketches of the fugue being found amongst sketches for the Ninth Symphony. ^{[1] [2]} It is unclear at this time if Beethoven completed the work.

Structure

The composition, which takes around three minutes to perform, is structured as a single movement marked Adagio - Allegro .

References

Notes

1. ( Kurth 2002 , p. V)
2. ( Marston 2004 , p. 201)

Sources

• Marston, Nicholas (June 2004). "Review: Ludwig van Beethoven, Streichquintette (String Quintets) edited by Sabine Kurth" . Nineteenth-Century Music Review. 1 (1): 201–203. doi:10.1017/S1479409800002081. S2CID   191356187 . Retrieved 2016-08-13.
• Kurth, Sabine (2002). Ludwig van Beethoven, Streichquintette (String Quintets) (PDF). G. Henle Verlag.

External links

• Quintettsatz in D minor, Hess 40 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• "String Quintet Movement in D Minor, Hess 40 (MIDI)". The Unheard Beethoven Blog.