

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet E flat major op. 127
The E-flat major String Quartet, op. 127, is a key work not only in Beethoven’s Oeuvre but in the entire history of the genre. The first of the late quartets, it "transfers the formal and symbolic aspects of his two major works for chorus and orchestra [the Missa solemnis and the Ninth Symphony] to the more intimate domain of chamber music" (William Kinderman). For years, music lovers have been waiting for a new edition based on the scholarly text from the new Beethoven Gesamtausgabe. The wait has paid off! The highly complex source situation was examined for the first time and thus Beethoven’s "final intentions" are now available in an urtext edition. The set of parts (HN 740) and the score (HN 9740) both come with a detailed preface and editorial notes.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
No composer has had as profound and sustained an influence on immediately following generations to the present day as Beethoven. His instrumental music, especially his symphonies, served as touchstones for symphonic composition throughout the nineteenth century. The extraordinarily high standard of his music and his relative independence as a freelance composer have led to his being characterized as the greatest composer of all time.
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Emil Platen (Editor)
He spent several years working as a research associate at the Beethoven-Archiv in Bonn. As a “lecturer for practical music”, he was then put in charge of Bonn University’s musical activities, and
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Insgesamt ist zu sagen, dass sämtliche Revisionen der vorliegenden Studien-Edition der Beethoven’schen Streichquartette den hohen Maßstäben einer sachlichen und kompetenten Textkritik standhalten, und dass damit dem ausübenden Musiker ein Notentext in die Hand gegeben wird, der aufgrund textkritischer Probleme zu einer intensiven Auseinandersetzung mit Beethovens Kompositionen führen möge.
Österreichische Musikzeitung, 2005Henle have given us their customarily precise and scholarly reconstruction of this quartet. ...The 17 by 24 cm score has a spacious layout of no more than 16 staves per page (four parts bracketed together) and is easily readable, making an indispensable tool for rehearsals. The parts are cleverly arranged so that three pages unfold where necessary; for example in the long slow movement where there are barely any rests.Henle acknowledges that it does not have all the answers to Beethoven's many discrepancies and unconventional styles of notation, but nevertheless motivates us to confront this magnificent work more deeply and to seek the composer's true intent.
Music Teacher Magazine online, 2004Die hohe Qualität der von Henle betreuten Urtext-Editionen und Sorgfalt, mit der Emil Platen sein Amt als Herausgeber versehen hat, ein weiteres Mal zu rühmen, hieße Eulen nach Athen zu tragen.
Ensemble, 2004Das selbst gesteckte Ziel, einen Notentext zu erstellen, "der den Absichten Beethovens so genau wie möglich entspricht" ist hier eindrucksvoll erreicht worden.
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