LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
String quartet in E. minor
‘opus 59 No, 2
‘The three string quartets of opus 59 were all dedicated to Count Rasumofsky and
are therefore commonly called the Rasumofsky quartets. ‘They were first produced at
Count Rasumofsky’s house. Beethoven composed these quartets probably during 1806.
Rasumofsky was Russian Ambassador at Vienna, and himself an ardent chamber-
music player. He performed many of the quartets of the Master, himself at the Znd
violin-desk of his own chamber-music organization.
As a compliment to Rasumofsky's country Beethoven employed in the E minor, as
in the F major quartet, a Russian melody this time however in the Trio of the Scherzo
movement.
ANALYSIS:
Ist MOVEMENT Bar
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Principal section and Transitory Passage - 1-34
Subsidiary section 35—48
‘Closing section - 1969
Develoment --. 70—140
Recapitulation --141—209
Coda . 210—254
2nd MOVEMENT, Sonata form
Statement ean 1—51
Principal section . * < . . m veeseeeeceees 1-26
Subsidiary section .. nacht a ‘a a + 2747
Closing section .... SCENES % Keak MARTI, 48—51
Development 52— 84
Recapitulation 85—132
Coda 133157
3ed MOVEMENT, Scherzo form
Scherzo Ceesereemeersecetrrnrenrressessssanes: I 52
Trio - 3135
4th MOVEMENT, Rondo form
Principal section 1— 69
Intermediate section « . 70—106
Ist Recurrence of the Principal section 107—145
Development . 146—215
Recurrence of the Intermediate section eal -216—274
2nd Recurrence of the Principal section and Coda . . .275—409
Total time required for performance: 32 minutes
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