Michael Parloff: Lecture on Beethoven Quartets; Op. 59, Nos. 1, 2, & 3

Michael Parloff provides insight into the music and background of Beethoven’s String Quartets: Op 59, No. 1 (F major), No. 2 (E minor), & No. 3 (C major).
Filmed live in the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio on February 5, 2017. Video produced by Trent Casey.
Chapters:
Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1: 8:59
Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2: 28:08
Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3: 39:00
CMS is grateful to The Emerson String Quartet for the use of excerpts from their Deutsche Grammophon recording of the Beethoven String Quartets.
For additional information about the Beethoven String Quartets, the following resources are highly recommended:
Joseph Kerman: The Beethoven Quartets
William Kinderman: The String Quartets of Beethoven
Lewis Lockwood: Beethoven
Kurt Oppens: Kurt Oppens on Music
J. S. Shedlock, translator: Beethoven’s Letters
Maynard Solomon: Beethoven
Jan Swafford: Beethoven, Anguish and Triumph
Angus Watson: Beethoven’s Chamber Music in Context
Robert Winter (essays by Michael Steinberg): The Beethoven Quartet Companion

[@randycone35]

Thank you so very much for posting this series. What a wonderful contribution to education and to the Internet.

[@emilianocorradi4079]

Fantastico... Thank you so much for all these beautiful explanations...

[@MrRichygm]

Another wonderful lecture. What rubbish do people watch rather than this?

[@thomasbirkhahn9616]

Wonderful introduction!

[@notrueflagshere198]

He blew right by my favorite part of No. 1's 4th movement.

[@garrysmodsketches]

He can't cover everything in a limited time

[@notrueflagshere198]

@@garrysmodsketches Yeah, but that's the part where I see god, and he just pretended that it wasn't even there.

[@constipatedlecher]

20:56 I believe he's referring to his brother who died in infancy.

[@the_eternal_student]

I did not like the comparison of Beethoven to the avant-garde and you are much given to digressions; I just wanted the musical analysis. The comparisons to mozart and haydn and bach, as well as to Beethoven himself, were exciting. At this point in time, new music among English speaking people only exist to help us memorize these masters.