String Quintet Cello,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1220121 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Derrick Thom. Lewis. 19th Century,Chamber,Classical,Romantic Period. 34 pages. Derrick Thom. Lewis #816484. Published by Derrick Thom. Lewis (A0.1220121). This is a bloody masterpiece - it's Op.120, yet it's not nearly as well known as the Grosse Fuge Op.133, which is perhaps, slightly thornier to digest at one (or 1000) hearings. This piece, in keeping with the general tone of the whole hour-long Diabelli Variations, is plainly satirical, in fact it's frequently funny. First the Fugue and then the Minuet, lampoon (by then old) conventions ruthlessly. Reason for the ridicule? Beethoven found Diabelli irritating first, and his Theme risible second. The first reason was probably enough.Enjoy!
