Beethoven is the first composer that most string quartets turn to when they set out on an extended journey. His works in the genre are the zenith of creative accomplishment and expressive sagacity, ...

UB may be the only place in the country — or the world, according to Department of Music staff — that presents all 16 Beethoven string quartets annually. The honor this year goes to the ...

The Calidore String Quartet reflect on the importance of Beethoven's quartets in their lives Beethoven’s music has been an integral part of our quartet since the beginning. In our first reading ...

For the last two years of his life, Beethoven's world was dark and silent. His health was completely shot. And his emotional state was worse. He'd failed in his relationship with his nephew Karl, and ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Endless invention, and a vision of things to come. Beethoven's last two string quartets in his early ...

The presentation of this imminent release from the Allegri String Quartet needs a bit of clarification. First, however, it features fine performances of three of Beethoven's six opus 18 Quartets, the ...

Editor’s note: Lawrence Stomberg, professor of music, has written a more detailed description of Beethoven’s career and his string quartets, which can be read here on the Department of Music’s website ...