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Ludwig van Beethoven's late string quartets are:
- Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12 in E♭ major (1825)
- Opus 130: String Quartet No. 13 in B♭ major (1825)
- Opus 131: String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor (1826)
- Opus 132: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor (1825)
- Opus 133: Große Fuge in B♭ major (1825; originally the finale to Op. 130; it also exists in a piano four-hands transcription, Op. 134)
- Opus 135: String Quartet No. 16 in F major (1826)
These six works are Beethoven's last major completed compositions. Extremely complex and largely misunderstood by musicians and audiences of Beethoven's day, the late quartets are now widely considered to be among the greatest musical compositions of all time,[1][2][3] and have inspired many later composers.
- ^ "Beethoven's String Quartets: John Suchet's guide to the music". Classic FM (UK). Retrieved September 29, 2017.
The five Late Quartets, written in the final years of [Beethoven's] life, transcend anything he or anyone else had ever composed.
- ^ Ross, Alex (October 20, 2014). "Deus Ex Musica". The New Yorker. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
...generations of listeners have hailed [his late string quartets] as a pinnacle of Western civilization...
- ^ Rockwell, John (1983-07-10). "Recordings; Beethoven Quartets Pose the Challenge of Greatness". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-12-02.