The last thing he ever wrote is this. The mystery is why the normally uncompromising Beethoven agreed to write the more user and performance friendly finale above as an alternative ending (in place of the original Grosse Fuge) for this quartet. Apparently he was aesthetically OK with both versions.
The last thing he ever wrote is this. The mystery is why the normally uncompromising Beethoven agreed to write the more user and performance friendly finale above as an alternative ending (in place of the original Grosse Fuge) for this quartet. Apparently he was aesthetically OK with both versions.