BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 4 in C minor (Op. 18, No. 4) Score

"The String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801, and dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz.
It is thought that this quartet may be in part based upon earlier material."
- Wikipedia 2019
Performed by the Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, violin; Philip Setzer, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Paul Watkins, cello)
Allegro ma non tanto - 00:05
Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto - 08:09
Menuetto allegretto - 15:11
Allegro - 18:31

[@amerrylittlemonarch]

The fugal second movement is excellent.

[@Sam-tj9np]

12:46 is a triple ffugue

[@baronmeduse]

You would say that.

[@JSBach-kw6sh]

But I'm the master of fugue

[@JSBach-kw6sh]

Whatever is sound great

[@Sam-tj9np]

@@JSBach-kw6sh Don't listen to em Bach. You're still my favorite.

[@-Alvin]

0:00 - 1nd movement 8:10 - 2nd movement 15:12 - 3nd movement 18:31 - 4nd movement

[@mohtasimmow9466]

THANKS!

[@dawnawarren9283]

Bless you

[@Fumozart]

Everywhere I go, I see timestamps on the comment sections

[@-Alvin]

@@Fumozart you are lucky

[@Fumozart]

@@-Alvin How? It's very common

[@sylvainpenard9354]

0:58 Second theme in Eb major 4:34 Dialogue between cello and violin 16:34 Trio 18:31 19:44 20:37 21:54 Refrain

[@kapsho]

Ooh, that dialogue is wonderful

[@caterscarrots3407]

Wow, this is like Beethoven's Fifth but kicked up a notch, especially the first movement. And it doesn't even use similar motifs to those in the fifth symphony, despite that motif's presence in a lot of Beethoven's dramatic works both before and after the fifth symphony, like for example his Pathetique Sonata, and the motif itself having been used since at least Haydn's time. I can hear a very orchestral treatment of the strings here. I guess that is to be expected when Beethoven literally wrote symphonic sounding piano sonatas.

[@leonhardeuler6811]

I kinda imagine this entire quartet as a blueprint for his first symphony

[@caterscarrots3407]

Leonhard Euler Uh, I don’t see the similarities to his first symphony. His first symphony is in C Major with Haydnesque humor and Mozartian grace and this quartet is very serious and in C Minor.

[@leonhardeuler6811]

@@caterscarrots3407 The second movement is very similar to the slow movement in his first symphony. The scherzos and minuets are similar.

[@leonhardeuler6811]

@@caterscarrots3407 Your right that in its character its more similar to the fifth.

[@geziafrancisco1643]

This piece is written in our worksheet. I am here to listen and to answer the question but I didn't expect to love this one.

[@lolz9449]

Who else came from TwoSet's new video?

[@m0nk036]

Two set gang??

[@crazydogg0996]

iNtErEsTiNg

[@bigbruhenergygobrr]

dong sa

[@jdharrison4316]

DDONG SSA

[@m0nk036]

Lmao 💩 💩

[@anastasialudwika]

Amazing masterpiece!!! Excellent recording!!! 🎶💖🎵

[@agneyamghoshal5136]

twoset gang has joined the chat

[@tommeng6522]

Anyone here because of twoset violin?

[@607]

Yes, me! It is a good way to get to know classical music, I suppose.

[@kofiLjunggren]

Who is here from twosets new video?😄 This piece is amazing!

[@zarchle557]

twosetter reporting for duty

[@jaiofficialmusic]

Ddong ssa!!

[@justanotherlinglingwannabe546]

M E

[@tutorialesnaynay593]

AAAAYYYYYYEEEEEEE 😃

[@ellajamellemendoza2789]

Me!🥰

[@butterfingersyellow9510]

Twoset?

[@rayonchan824]

I’m learning all four movements for my music project! Thank you

[@orcbid4709]

How did it go?

[@rayonchan824]

@@orcbid4709 it was great I passed with A grade

[@orcbid4709]

@@rayonchan824 Omg? Congrats

[@rayonchan824]

@@orcbid4709 thank u ☺️

[@wobblyorbee279]

@@rayonchan824 do you play the first violin?

[@organman52]

The first movement is unnecessarily fast. Beethoven indicates 'Allegro ma non tanto' and the meter signature is 4/4, not 'cut' time. This sounds more like Molto Allegro or even Presto.

[@marcosborges5353]

Meu quarteto favorito de Beethoven.

[@samrose565]

Very Fine Dyamics. The world is quiet here

[@ianyoung4999]

Excellent Playing!

[@viennroshe3552]

this part omg it sounds soooo--- 0:30 - 0:37 theese 7 seconds omg. I love this quartet and Beethoven.

[@elizabethschuyler780]

I’m learning the 1st movement for a camp

[@orcbid4709]

It’s been a year…how did it go?

[@ryma8983]

I'm here from Twoset but man this is a banger

[@ItzTiger1217]

6:06 The chords fits the piece so perfectly!

[@Eroica_Under_God.15.18]

The 1st Movement Made My Blood Boil In a Great Way to Start My Anger. Bravi, Beethoven.

[@user-wp5se6kb9u]

Shut up nigga u think u Kanye or sum shi😂😂😂

[@user-wp5se6kb9u]

Luh bipolar ass nigga😭😭😭

[@user-wp5se6kb9u]

Fuck does bravi even mean bruh I think u meant bravo thas wut them real niggaz say😂😂😂

[@user-wp5se6kb9u]

Ay bruh why u Gon be compartmentalizin them words wit them caps and shi 😂😂😂nigga cant be srs on bro😭😭😭😂🙏🙏🙏

[@user-wp5se6kb9u]

Ay bruh since u on yo knees glazin go head an gimme sum of dat😅😅

[@anahitalboyajyan3703]

БРАВО👍👏

[@suelamullaj7068]

Un capolavoro, eseguito in modo eccezionale!!!!

[@josephwragg6723]

This recording is amazing!

[@dacoconutnut9503]

It is, even though sounds a little upbeat

[@mariennedelizo2300]

Im doing music homework I have to listen to classical music in my book, I listened to Mozart, Haydn, but I wasn't ready for Beethoven🤯

[@krithikasridhar2875]

Absolute beauty.

[@VincentGiza-Composer]

Easily my favorite Beethoven quartet.

[@oscarhughes332]

bro respawned 💀

[@CaptainStereo]

Ah my favorite symphonist

[@mirrors1]

Grandissimo Beethoven.

[@justanotherlinglingwannabe546]

I spy with my little eyes 'A twosetter who came from their video'

[@fredericchopin7538]

Delightful!

[@billgates6777]

Amazing piece

[@aviolist1]

4:33 (favorite part)

[@yisroelkaplan5398]

The menuetto is very similar to the 3rd mvmt (also menuetto) of symphony no. 1

[@fotondeparis3234]

yes some vibes !

[@beeshin9945]

The finale looks fun

[@malachimarasigan]

0:59 for you twosetviolin fans

[@sarilgupta4024]

thank yoo

[@elizabethschuyler780]

I’m a two set fan but I dont get it...

[@malachimarasigan]

Elizabeth Schuyler “What not to do in a string quartet” It’s the first clip lol also like after a minute it’s the “rushing” and “dragging part lol

[@elizabethschuyler780]

@@malachimarasigan thanks

[@johnchessant3012]

"But I'm first"

[@Aaron1TNT1]

Really good recording! Like really good.

[@suikohi1656]

0:05 0:45 1:11 1:29 1:41 1:57 2:10 repeat 4:13 second end 4:34 5:02 5:35

[@656520]

Good quartet Ludy, just dont play the first subject from the 4th movement in major, other wise Papa Haydn could sue us.

[@ultimateconstruction]

????????????????????????????????????????????????

[@ultimateconstruction]

I don't get it.

[@656520]

@@ultimateconstruction piano trio gipsy 3rd mov , but honestly seeing this coment now its not that alike

[@gamatogo]

Fantástico!

[@gamerfan5259]

3:16-4:10

[@loganmeyers2078]

This really reminds me of Brahms.

[@leonhardeuler6811]

Where exaclty and what Brahms piece? Not a big fan of Brahms, something similar to this is probably where I should start with him.

[@loganmeyers2078]

@@leonhardeuler6811 it's kind of hard to say. His Hungarian dances for orchestra are great, his first symphony, and his piano concerto are probably what I'm hearing. But, overall, just his style. So, it's kinda hard to say just one thing. I'm hearing all of Brahms in this. He is a bit of an acquired taste, I think. You kinda just have to expose yourself to him, get a taste for his music, then come back and I think you'll see.

[@mirrors1]

Maybe Brahms seems Beethoven...

[@caterscarrots3407]

@@loganmeyers2078 I had to do this with Beethoven, this exposure and then coming back. Cause aside from Fur Elise, I did not like or appreciate Beethoven on first listening, not like I did with Mozart or Chopin or Bach. A few years later, after I develop a bias towards minor keys and I just all of a sudden love Beethoven like no other and he almost right away became my favorite composer when before, he was my least favorite.

[@jasonc2941]

whos here from twoset violin

[@HarryWhittle2019]

Me!!

[@billanliao1004]

me

[@paulsimoniello326]

Me sadly

[@erik878]

I'm here from g schirmer instrumental library, I have to learn the violin fast, it's my 3rd day and I'm writing a little composition to practice. Used to play guitar so I'm good at the left hand, I've got a lot of music written for violin to present, hopefully your all writing music in the old world style. I used to play piano 8 hrs a day, been playing 3 hrs a day on the violin

[@billanliao1004]

@@erik878 nice

[@dacoconutnut9503]

20:37 clever division

[@leonhardeuler6811]

The middle movement of op 131 has an even cleverer division.

[@alexis.flores]

0:05 4:27 4:34 18:31

[@rogueart7706]

Wow!...I didn't know that Beethoven wrote metal music...this stuff is brutally heavy.

[@cobblestonegenerator]

Beethoven has got some fire in his music. Listen to Liszts Totentanz. There's some metal for you lol

[@caterscarrots3407]

Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata has some incredible weight and drama to all the movements.

[@zafferung4440]

Oh please. Metal is utter shit compared to this.

[@renatanegru9475]

Who's here because of the chamber music classes 🤚

[@feverlma]

3:04

[@rubylee4704]

5:07 Cello solo

[@tonylu5593]

Anyone noticed that a majority of Beethoven's works are in Eb Major or modulate to that? The first movement has many modulations to it...

[@LionKing-mv2uk]

Beethoven thought of eb major as an heroic key.

[@rogerchen4525]

it's also because c minor (the key of the piece) is the relative minor to Eb Major so modulations to it are bound to happen

[@galvinn]

@@rogerchen4525 Also, c minor is known to be "beethoven's" key, one that he wrote many pieces in, so the connection to eb major is also there

[@caterscarrots3407]

@@galvinn Yep. And he modulates to C minor like all the time. Well, not all, but definitely a lot. C# minor to C minor, not really. F# major to C minor, not really. But D major to C minor, you bet. Bb major to C minor, yes, of course. C major to C minor, please, is there any big C major piece of his that doesn't use C minor? I mean seriously, all I can think of is his little Bagatelles and German Dances in terms of C major pieces that don't use C minor even as just a chord and not a key. Sometimes he does it to make the transition more dramatic. Like in his F major Violin Sonata "Spring" for instance, the second theme is in C major, but between the F major first theme and the C major second theme, there's C minor. Sometimes it shows up at the development section, as is common for his C major sonata movements. Sometimes the switching back and forth is so fast that you have major and minor in the same theme, in the same phrase even, like in the Scherzo of his Piano Sonata no. 3 in C major, which uses the parallel major and minor for the Scherzo and the relative minor for the Trio.

[@prilinlinduarte3067]

Can someone please help me saying which one are those notes after the first C? At the beginning :")

[@kevinnn_park]

ddongssa

[@user-garnet]

5:45

[@soggywafflez3024]

8:10, dont mind me just leaving this for myself

[@-BumbleBerry-]

bro help I'm originally from violin nation, 11 years strong, but I recently volunteered to be shipped off to viola land and now I have to play this piece (specifically the first movement) when I can barely read alto clef 😭

[@astrospeedcuber]

When you only know the piece up to 1:30 but you still watch the whole thing

[@wobblyorbee279]

5:01 6:06 6:16 THAT E OMGGGG

[@kovacsmihaly]

Rush E

[@flyingdutchman773]

4th movement sounds very similar to Mozart quintet in C minor!

[@CFDavid847]

Yes everything Beethoven wrote sounds exactly like Mozart!! 😒😒

[@james088]

@@CFDavid847 Well... No.

[@dzinypinydoroviny]

​​@@CFDavid847 From a mathematical perspective a single counterexample would be enough to disprove this claim, however in reality, there are countless Beethoven's works that sound absolutely nothing like Mozart.

[@CFDavid847]

@@james088 I was being sarcastic…

[@CFDavid847]

@@dzinypinydoroviny I was being sarcastic.

[@matthewbrown6591]

Wonderful recording! Love the first violinist. Can anyone identify?

[@marvelzheng2451]

It's in the description

[@duvidl58]

It's still a good question because Gene and Phil trade off. Hard to say if the notes in the description mean that Gene is playing first here or if the two are always listed in alphabetical order since they're equals (no 1st/2nd).

[@user-jh8rx5ne8t]

00:57

[@banirbn]

4:10

[@607]

These are actually four separate recordings, is that right? Why?

[@Trooman20]

No, it's only one recording, sonatas are divided into movements

[@graceFireLord999]

Quartets are designed to be played with four people in a group. Not separate. Not sure how you got the idea.

[@deartaeils]

8:08

[@choijiwonballetclassmusic]

18:31

[@mox9076]

The very first time I switched to the Viola to help out. 😂

[@topokki7491]

0:45

[@topokki7491]

1:30

[@tartaglia.]

P5:07

[@manco828]

Darkness imprisoning me!

[@CosmicHowlerx]

Ichi Ni San

[@leoniecena8258]

Arigato

[@Eroica_Under_God.15.18]

? Yes But ?

[@ne_kuzim]

well it seems that im the only one here because of music exam

[@katjao.h.321]

början, 18:20, 18:31,

[@lovelycrocosmile]

Who's here from Haruki Murakami's book?

[@pdr770]

ניגון שמח ועדין לשבת קודש עם 4 ו5. על ידי מלחין חרדי ליטאי ב80 שאוהב את השבת אהבת נפש וחכם בתורה.

[@MatteoMancusoofficial]

cosi chi i pampini

[@athosgatzios8939]

Who's here cuz he has to play it so he wants to listen to it?

[@normalvinegarghost2646]

Me

[@stefanstern7851]

Don’t slur the sf

[@stefanstern7851]

In the scherzo

[@leonhardeuler6811]

8:39

[@martinramin3703]

I hate when music turns to major key

[@Eroica_Under_God.15.18]

Why ? For Me, It Fits Tho...

[@paploygaming7484]

this would be sick if we added beats to it

[@giocosovelasco]

no.

[@Trooman20]

no.

[@vespid8960]

no

[@bilkishchowdhury8318]

It already has

[@burnbook3076]

no.

[@andrewhoare5570]

why do people actually watch this stuff?

[@newmono7341]

Because it's good music and being able to see the music's score is interesting

[@JonathanOvnat]

It's highly beneficial (and fun) for a musician in many ways. Also, you actually see the music as the composer intended it.

[@rkwittem]

Because to understand is to equal. The score reveals interplays between instruments that the ear cannot always indentify, which I regars as highly valuable

[@cobblestonegenerator]

There are some pretty good reasons. Most, i assume, watch score vids to be able actively see what's happening in the music. Some appreciate seeing the intricacies that makes this music sound the way it is. It also wouldn't surprise me if people used this to practice this piece in some form. Also, as someone already pointed out, you might notice something in on the sheet you couldn't initially hear. Once you see it though your ear can seek it out and then you've learned something you never knew about the piece. Sometimes watching the score of a piece can completely change the way you hear it. Its happened to me dozens of times.

[@Musicalspheeres]

music school :/

[@neto6517]

El unuco error que cometio beethoven en su vida musical fue no componer mas cuartetos en do menor

[@matthewadams6566]

3:14

[@jiangxina5887]

8:06

[@andradinca7733]

18:31

[@amandaasun]

4:35