Beethoven: 3 Piano Quartets, WoO 36
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Editor: Leonardo Miucci Format: Score & Set of Parts Instrumentation: Piano Quartet (Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello) Binding: Paperback ISMN: 9790006567270 Size: 10.0 x 12.8 inches Pages: 135 Urtext / Critical Edition Description When Beethoven wrote these three quartets he was 15 years old and a composition student of Christian Gottlob Neefe in Bonn. They reveal a strong Mozartian influence while the brilliant piano writing already gives a sense of the mature Beethoven. He may conceivably have written the works for the wealthy Mastiaux family in Bonn, as he gave piano lessons to one of the daughters and the other three siblings played violin, viola and cello. The sole source for the quartets is the autograph score which contains many overwritings that shed light on the works' original conception and possible alternative readings. Although Beethoven never published the pieces in his lifetime and is not known to have performe