Some of Beethoven’s most enduring and unabashedly successful works stem from his so-called “Middle Period” and in the genre of chamber music the three op. 59 quartets are an excellent example.

Jonathan Del Mar’s scholarly critical edition of these quartets sets the record straight once and for all, restoring Beethoven’s articulation, dynamics and lengths of slurs just as the composer originally intended.

The interdependency of the sources and their readings are clearly laid out by Del Mar in his Critical Commentary, which also contains facsimiles pointing out ambiguities with previous editions.

- Bärenreiter quality Urtext
- Critical Commentary (Eng) with facsimiles
- Meticulously laid out performance parts
- Study score includes historical introduction (Ger/Eng) by Barry Cooper

Edition no.:	TP 917
ISMN:	9790006204731
Composer / Author:	Beethoven, Ludwig van
Title:	String Quartets op. 59
Detailed instrumentation:	Violin (2), Viola, Violoncello
Editor:	Del Mar, Jonathan
Foreword / Introduction:	Cooper, Barry / Del Mar, Jonathan
Product format:	Study score, Urtext edition
Language(s) of text:	English, German
Publisher:	Bärenreiter
Binding:	Paperback
Print run:	1st printing 2008
Pages / Format:	XVII, 134 S. - 22,5 x 16,5 cm
Weight:	272 g

 

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Introduction 

 

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Preface 

 

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Einführung 

 

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Vorwort 

 

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Composer / Author: Beethoven, Ludwig van 
Quartet no. 1 F major op. 59 

 

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Composer / Author: Beethoven, Ludwig van 
Quartet no. 2 E minor op. 59 

 

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Composer / Author: Beethoven, Ludwig van 
Quartet no. 3 C major op. 59