Beethoven, Ludwig van

String Quartets op. 18

Edition no. BA09016

ISMN 9790006532988

Volume/Series: BÄRENREITER URTEXT

Editor: Del Mar, Jonathan

Instrumentation of the work: String quartet

Product format: Set of parts, Urtext edition

Instrumentation: 1. Violin, 2. Violin, Viola, Violoncello

Binding: Paperback

Pages/Format: 68/59/61/55 S. - 31,0 x 24,3 cm

The internationally renowned Beethoven scholar has turned his attention to a set of chamber musical crown jewels; Beethoven’s important opus 18 string quartets. The new Bärenreiter publication is not based on a reprint of the first edition parts, but makes use of a manuscript set of parts with some corrections in Beethoven’s hand which turned up in the 1980s.

The new edition clarifies many ambiguities in slurring and dynamics as well as numerous wrong notes in the inner voices. It offers performers a fully reliable music text impeccably laid out so as to meet the needs of performers.  

The result of Del Mar’s work can be summed up with the words; “clarity”, “transparency”, ”excellence”.

- Bärenreiter quality Urtext

- Critical Commentary with facsimiles

- Meticulously laid out performance parts