An 18-year-old Mendelssohn began composing his A minor string quartet only months after Beethoven's death and the piece itself harken's toward Beethoven's A minor quartet. Hear a Julliard String Quartet rendition of the work on Thursday's Of Note with Katy Henriksen.
Of Note for Thursday, August 21: Beethovian Mendelssohn
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