Added: Jul 6, 2008

From: nmrd123987

Duration: 9:4

As I promised to upload more pieces, please welcome Ludwig Van Beethoven and his Große Fuge(Grosse Fuge), Opus 133!He wrote this piece when he was completely deaf a short time before he died, in 1825-1826.The Große Fuge is a single-movement composition for string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven.Beethoven originally composed the massive fugue as the final movement of his String Quartet No. 13 (Op. 130). However, the Fugue was so demanding of contemporary performers and unpopular with audiences that Beethoven's publisher urged him to write a new finale for the string quartet. Beethoven, notorious for his stubborn personality and indifference to public opinion or taste, acquiesced to his publisher's request on this occasion and published the Fugue as a separate opus number, opus 133. He then wrote a finale that replaced the Fugue, which is considerably lighter in character, more akin to the other movements of the opus 130 quartet. Today, performances of the quartet include either the Fugue or its replacement movement."[it is] an absolutely contemporary piece of music that will be contemporary forever." - Igor Stravinskyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosse_fugeThis is my third video, after Pachelbel's Canon:http://youtube.com/watch?v=6wpPk8qk3uQand Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre:http://youtube.com/watch?v=WdLoTPUNtD0I see you enjoy the pieces from your very lovely comments. It encourages me to upload more^^BTW, this(the Fuge) is one of my favorites. I have first heard this piece in the movie "Copying Beethoven".I enjoyed the movie very much, highly recommended. Really, one of the bests^^Cast:Diane Kruger -- Anna Holtz Ed Harris -- Ludwig van Beethoven Matthew Goode -- Martin Bauer Phyllida Law -- Mother Canisius Ralph Riach -- Wenzel Schlemmer I hope you would enjoy this top class music! :)You can download the mp3 here:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E4IDTFV4(It's the full version..)Have a nice day :P

Channel: Music

Tags: 133  beethoven  cello  classical  composition  fuge  grosse  große  ludwig  op.  opus  orchestra  piece  van  viola  violin  violoncello 

Rating: 5.00 (4 ratings)    Views: 2291' favoriteCount='2    Comments: 2

nmrd123987 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Enjoy^^

centpushups Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - this is too strange what was he thinking when he wrote this bonne chanson.

pbazant Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - What was he thinking?Perhaps the same as Einstein when he was discovering his GTR - that it has to be this way.This piece is so intense.