String Quartet No.16, Op.135 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

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Performer Pages Borromeo String Quartet (String Quartet)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d. Plate 1448.
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Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 6, Band 2, Nr.52 (pp.189-206)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1863]. Plate B.52.
Reprinted Complete String Quartets
New York: Dover Publications, 1970.
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Misc. Notes Monochrome 600dpi. (View original cover)
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Publisher. Info. Philharmonia series
Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.(ca.1920).
Reprinted New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, No.130, n.d.[1937].
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1826.
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1826.
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms.autogr. Beethoven, L. v. 19b
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d. Plate 1444.
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Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.[1867]. Plate 18092.
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)
Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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For Piano 4 hands (Ulrich and Wittmann)
Arranger Hugo Ulrich (1827–1872)
Robert Wittmann (1804–18??)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.989g, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 8259.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1980.
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For Piano 4 hands (Garban)
Arranger Lucien Garban (1877–1959)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand, 1921.
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For Piano (Winkler)
Arranger Louis Winkler (1820–1886)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Collection Litolff, No.6d, n.d.(ca.1865).
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Vivace (No.2)

For Piano (Tausig)
Arranger Carl Tausig (1841–1871)
Editor Adolf Ruthardt (1849–1934)
Publisher. Info. Sechs Sätze aus Streichquartetten von L. van Beethoven für Klavier übertragen.
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1916]. Plate 10021.
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Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo (No.3)

For Piano (Mortier de Fontaine)
Arranger Henri-Louis-Stanislas Mortier de Fontaine (1816–1883)
Publisher. Info. Munich: Jos. Aibl, n.d. Plate 1515.
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Work Title String Quartet No.16
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Quatuor à cordes nº 16; String Quartet No. 16; Strijkkwartet nr. 16; Jousikvartetto nro 16 (Beethoven); 16. Streichquartett; [5 more...]현악 사중주 16번 (베토벤); 弦楽四重奏曲第16番 (ベートーヴェン); Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 16; Quartetto n. 16; Quartet de corda núm. 16
Name Aliases String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135; Strijkkwartet nr. 16 (Beethoven)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: no91026361; GND: 300016050; BNF: 139081606
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.135
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ILB 262
Key F major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegretto (F major)
  2. Vivace (F major)
  3. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo (D major)
  4. Der schwer gefasste Entschluss. Grave, ma non troppo tratto — Allegro (F major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1826
First Publication. 1827 (September) - Berlin: Schlesinger
Dedication Johann Wolfmayer
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
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  1. String Quartet No.1 in F major
  2. String Quartet No.2 in G major
  3. String Quartet No.3 in D major
  4. String Quartet No.4 in C minor
  5. String Quartet No.5 in A major
  6. String Quartet No.6 in B major

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  2. String Quartet No.8 in E minor
  3. String Quartet No.9 in C major

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