Late String Quartets (Beethoven)
The following set of string quartets is generally referred to as Beethoven's Late String Quartets, including the Grosse Fuge (which also exists in a piano transcription, opus 134):
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- Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major (1825)
- Opus 130: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major (1825)
- Opus 131: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor (1826)
- Opus 132: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor (1825)
- Opus 133: Große Fuge in B flat major for string quartet (1826), originally the finale to op. 130
- Opus 135: String Quartet No. 16 in F major (1826)
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