{"id":2008,"date":"2023-01-11T16:01:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2023-01-13T14:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:00:20","slug":"what-was-the-last-piece-of-music-beethoven-wrote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/what-was-the-last-piece-of-music-beethoven-wrote\/","title":{"rendered":"What was the last piece of music Beethoven wrote?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last complete work Beethoven wrote<\/strong> before his death on 26 March 1827, was the String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135<\/strong>. He completed this work in October 1826.<\/p>\n

It has four movements and the play time is approx. 22-25 minutes. It was dedicated to Johann Wolfmayer and was premiered a year after Beethoven\u2019s death, in March 1828, by the Schuppanzigh Quartet.<\/p>\n

Although not a complete work, just a final movement<\/strong> for the String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130, but it was completed later than the Op. 135<\/strong>, around November 1826. Originally the Op. 130 was already finished in 1825, but the publisher Artaria pushed Beethoven to make a new final movement, as the original one was too long and complicated.<\/p>\n

Beethoven not happily, but accepted the request and wrote a new last movement for the Op. 130. The original last movement was published separately by the name Grosse Fuge (Great Fugue or Grand Fugue) as Op. 133.<\/p>\n

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    The last complete work Beethoven wrote before his death on 26 March 1827, was the String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135. He completed this work in October 1826. It has four movements and the play time is approx. 22-25 minutes. It was dedicated to Johann Wolfmayer and was premiered a year after Beethoven\u2019s death, in March 1828, … <\/p>\n

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