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String Quartets Nos. 12 - 16 and Grosse Fuge, Opus 127, 130 - 135 (Beethoven)

Following set is generally intended when speaking of Beethoven's last string quartets, including the Grosse Fuge (which also exists in a piano transcription, Opus 134):

The quartets were commissioned in 1823 by Prince Nicholas Galitzin, who offered 50 ducats for each opus.

For Grosse Fuge: see also String Quartet No. 13, and of course also P. D. Q. Bach, who composed a Grossest Fugue.

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