Beethoven's String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131

Nancy November Oxford Keynotes Offers clips from a range of films, referencing early and more recent recordings of Beethoven's String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 Contains Op. 131 reviews, images (artworks showing string quartets in performance), and eyewitness accounts Includes reception history, with a particular focus on how listeners have heard the work, historically and today Beethoven's String Quartet in C-sharp minor Op. 131 (1826) is not only firmly a part of the scholarly canon, the performing canon, and the pedagogical canon, but also makes its presence felt in popular culture. Yet in recent times, the terms in which the C-sharp minor quartet is discussed and presented tend to undermine the multivalent nature of the work. Although it is held up as a masterpiece, Op. 131 has often been understood in monochrome terms as a work portraying tragedy, struggle, and loss. In Beethoven's String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 13, author Nancy November takes the modern-day listene