| String Quartet No. 16 (beethoven) |
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The work is on a smaller scale than his other late quartets. Under the introductory slow chords in the last movement Beethoven wrote in the manuscript "Muss es sein?" (Must it be?) to which he responds, with the faster main theme of the movement, "Es muss sein!" (It must be!). The whole movement is headed "Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß" (The Difficult Decision). It is in four Movements : # Allegretto # Vivace # Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo # “Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß:” Grave — Allegro — Grave ma non troppo tratto — Allegro SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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