Quintettsatz in D minor (Beethoven)

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The Quintettsatz in D minor, Hess 40, is an incomplete composition for string quintet with two violas by Ludwig van Beethoven. Comprising a completed prelude and an incomplete fugue, it was composed in 1817 around the same time as the Fugue for String Quintet in D major, Op. 137.^[1]

Background[]

From surviving manuscripts, it appears that Beethoven first started work on the quintet around 1815, with sketches of the fugue being found amongst sketches for the Ninth Symphony.^{[1] [2]} It is unclear at this time if Beethoven completed the work.

Structure[]

The composition, which takes around three minutes to perform, is structured as a single movement marked Adagio - Allegro.

References[]

Note

Sources

• Marston, Nicholas (June 2004). "Review: Ludwig van Beethoven, Streichquintette (String Quintets) edited by Sabine Kurth". Nineteenth-Century Music Review. 1 (1): 201–203. doi:10.1017/S1479409800002081. S2CID 191356187. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
• Kurth, Sabine (2002). Ludwig van Beethoven, Streichquintette (String Quintets) (PDF). G. Henle Verlag.

External links[]

• Quintettsatz in D minor, Hess 40 (Beethoven, Ludwig van): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• "String Quintet Movement in D Minor, Hess 40 (MIDI)". The Unheard Beethoven Blog.

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