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Folio. Title, pp. 2-13, (1) p. (blank); title, pp. 2-12, (1) leaf (blank); title, pp. 2-11, (1) p. (blank); title, pp. 2-11, (1) p. (blank). Lithographic title,engraved music (pl.-no. 2351). Sewn, no binding; in modern cassette. Later issue (see Weinhold in: Dorfmüller S. 258) of the first edition (Mainz imprint, with puiblisher's address in Paris, without 2 blank leaves after title of violin 1 / thus Hirsch). The full score appeared later but still in 1826. In 1822 the Russian prince, Nikolai Galitzin, wrote to "Monsieur Louis van Beethoven a Viennes" and requested "un, deux ou trois Nouveaux Quatuors". With the first of the three Galitzin-Quartets Beethoven began immediately on completion of the 9th Symphony in 1824 (he could count on the preliminary work carried out during the previous two years), and in March 1825 he dispatched the full score to St. Petersburg. Already, on 6th March, the Schuppanzigh Quartet had performed the premiere, although of moderate quality. The composer himself saw the problem not so much in a technique that was too demanding, as lying in the work's structure which had made playing together more difficult given the short amount of time for rehearsal. The "blurring the difference between the primary and the secondary parts, and the playing with alternate attraction and repulsion have become important elements of the concept" (Caeyers p. 727). The composer had even set out the sketches in four parts (although he used to outline his symphonies in only one part), and he insisted that the first edition of the parts and that the full score of later quartets were published simultaneously (for op. 127, for example, they were separated by 3 months, before this it might have been years), in order that the comprehension of the complex structure would be made easier. A few markings with pencil. Green fore-edges. Slightly browned throughout and in places finger-stained. Old handwritten pagination relating to an old "sammelband". Dorfmüller/Gertsch/Ronge I, 843 III 1.2 ( spätere Auflage ); Kinsky/ Halm p. 385; Dorfmüller pp. 18, 232, 258, 350; Hirsch IV, 399; coll. Hoboken 2, 511; BHB J Van der Spek op. 95; cf. cat. Munich 265. Seller Inventory # 750
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