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Collection Type

Video and sound recordings

Date

1973

GUSN

GUSN-257926

Description

BEETHOVEN, String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132; front cover green background; image of portion of a sun, covered by a butterfly's wing; lettering white and yellow; back cover, lettering in black; image left center depicts four men with string instruments in a doorway; inside cover summarizes information on quartets in English (inside of front cover); German (inside of back cover).

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Descriptive Terms

phonograph records
vinyl
paper (fiber product)
cardboard
music
musical performances
Music
Record, Phonograph

Inscription

Ludwig von BEETHOVEN/ String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132/ Quartett Collegium aureum" (printed)
(across top and right side) "Ludwig von/ BEETHOVEN/ (1770-1827)/ String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132/ (1825)/ (for Prince Nikolaus von Galitzin)/ Side 1/ Assai sostenuto - Allegro/ Allegro ma non tanto/ Side 2 Molto adagio (Heiliger Dankgesang/ eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart)/ Andante (Neue Kraft Fuhlend)/ Molto adagio (mit innigster Empfindung)/ Alla marcia. assai vivace - piu allegro- Poco adagio/ Allegro appassionato - Presto/ Quartett Collegium aureum:/ Franzjosef Maier 1. Violin (Guameri del Geso, Verona)/ Ulrich Beetz 2. Violin (Nicola Amati, Cremona)/ Karlheinz Steeb Viola (Giovanni Baptista Grancino)/ Rudolf Mandalka Violoncello (joseph und Antonio Gagliano, Neapel)"; "Production: harmonia mundi/ Recorded at : Jogdsaal Schloss Schwetzingen/ In charge of Production: Dr. Th. Gallia/ Design Layout: point/ Photos: Daniela-Maria Brant/ KHB 21509/ [copyright symbol] 1973 BASF SYSTEMS/ . . . Made in U.S.A." (printed)
[summarizes information about quartetes]; (inside left - English); (inside right - German) (printed)

Associated Person

Ludwig von Beethoven (composer)
Karlheinz Steeb (viola)
Franzjosef Maier (violin)
Rudolf Mandalka (violoncello)
Ulrich Beetz (violin)
Dr. Th. Gallia (producer)
Daniela-Maria Brant (photographer)

Associated Building

Original To Gropius House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

BASF Systems

Dimensions

12 3/8 x 12 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ati Gropius Johansen

Accession Number

1998.46

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Bedford (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

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