Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132 - 4.Alla marcia 5. Allegro Appassionato

4.Alla marcia 5. Allegro Appassionato
LaSalle Quartet
Key A minor
Movements/Sections 4 movements
Year/Date of Composition 1823-1825
First Publication April 1827, Schott (Mainz)
Dedication Prinz Galitzin
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation 2 Violins, Viola, Cello

Overview

Beethoven composed these quartets in the sequence 12, 15, 13, 14, 16, with quartets 15 and 13 being written simultaneously[citation needed]. The first three of the quartets (numbers 12, 13 and 15) were commissioned in 1822 by Prince Nicholas Galitzin, who in a letter dated 9 November 1822 offered to pay Beethoven: "..what you think proper" for the three works. In his reply of 25 January 1823, Beethoven stated his price: 50 Ducats for each opus.

Movement IV (Alla marcia, assai vivace)
This brief (2-minute) march in A major leads directly into the rondo-finale through a recitative-like passage.

[edit]Movement V (Allegro appassionato; Presto)
FORM: Sonata Rondo

A B A C A B A

One finds in Beethoven's sketches that the theme like that of the theme of this rondo was originally meant for an instrumental conclusion to his Ninth Symphony. This theme was abandoned, for the famous choral ending we are familiar with. This A minor rondo ends in A major.

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