Prof. Barbara Barry, “’Taking the Third’: Tonal and Expressive Strategies in Beethoven’s String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130” ...

The period-instrument quartet’s recording of Beethoven’s Ops 74 and 130 offers many rewards Though there’s no shortage of recordings of the Beethoven quartets, versions by groups taking an ...

For the last two years of his life, Beethoven's world was dark and silent. His health was completely shot. And his emotional state was worse. He'd failed in his relationship with his nephew Karl, and ...

Beethoven originally composed the Grosse Fuge, Op. 133, as the final movement to Op. 130. Because the 15-minute movement proved immensely difficult for musicians and listeners alike, Beethoven's ...