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A young Beethoven paid tribute to Mozart's String Quintet K515 and Quartet for Piano and Strings K493 with his own String Quintet and Piano Quartet. Nearly twenty years later, he produced his Great Fugue, a work that continues to defy categorization. On this recording from 1965, The Budapest String Quartet are joined by Walter Trampler and Mieczyslaw Horszowski for a program of virtuoso elegance.
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Because Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) has long been burdened with the epithet "the greatest composer who ever lived," it's easy to overlook how remarkably engaging his music is. Many of his pieces, including Moonlight Sonata and Ode to Joy are instantly recognisable to the most casual listener. His compositions transformed the classical style into expressions of revolutionary, heroic idealism and introduced radical innovations whose influence is still felt today. › Improvements to make? Edit Beethoven's biography on SoundUnwound - the editable music encyclopedia. amznJQ.available('popover', function() { jQuery('#Bio_communityReadMore').css('display', 'inline').amazonPopoverTrigger({ modal: true, width: 680, locationOffset: [0, -50], localContent: "#artistCentralBio_communityFullBio", title: "
