The String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, opus 127 of Ludwig van Beethoven, was finished in 1825. There are four movements: Opus is a Latin word which means work (in the sense of a work of art). Some composers musical pieces are identified by opus numbers which generally run either in order of composition or in order of publication. ... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770; died March 26, 1827) was a German composer of classical music, who predominantly lived in Vienna, Austria. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Finale (without tempo marking, but with a coda marked Allegro con moto)
The first movement is interrupted several times — just before the development of the sonata form begins, and when that section is almost but not quite over — by the Maestoso which opened the work. The second, slow movement is a set of variations. The scherzo's trio is a Presto of a kind Beethoven did not use very often, though it is similar in sound and phrasing to some of his bagatelles from the contemporary opus 126 set. A scherzo (plural scherzi) is a name given to a piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony. ... Vivace is Italian for lively. Vivace is used as an Italian musical term indicating a movement that is in a lively mood (and so usually in a fast tempo). ... Sonata form refers to both the standard layout of an entire musical composition and more specifically to the standardized form of the first movement. ... A scherzo (plural scherzi) is a name given to a piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony. ... Generally speaking, a trio or threesome is a group of three. ... For other meanings of Presto, see Presto (disambiguation). ... Beethovens last work for his own instrument, the piano, is a set of six bagatelles. ...
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