Quintettsatz in D minor (Beethoven)
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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.{{harv|Kurth|2002|p=V}}
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. {{harv|Marston|2004|p=201}} 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
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Sources
- {{cite journal|last=Marston|first=Nicholas|date=June 2004|title=Review: Ludwig van Beethoven, Streichquintette (String Quintets) edited by Sabine Kurth|journal=Nineteenth-Century Music Review|volume=1|issue=1|pages=201–203|doi=10.1017/S1479409800002081|s2cid=191356187|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8202315|access-date=2016-08-13|url-access=subscription}}
- {{cite book|url=http://www.henle.de/media/foreword/0267.pdf|title=Ludwig van Beethoven, Streichquintette (String Quintets)|last=Kurth|first=Sabine|year=2002|publisher=G. Henle Verlag}}
External links
- {{IMSLP2|work=Quintettsatz in D minor, Hess 40 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)|cname=Quintettsatz in D minor, Hess 40 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)}}
- {{cite web|url=http://unheardbeethoven.org/search.php?Identifier=hess40|title=String Quintet Movement in D Minor, Hess 40 (MIDI)|publisher=The Unheard Beethoven Blog}}
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Category:Compositions in D minor
Category:Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven published posthumously
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