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Two Trends shown in String Quartets by Contemporaries: Classicism in Romanticism vs Romanticism in Classicism

On the assumption that both Classical and Romantic characteristics are presented in the String Quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn in 1820, this paper examines traditional and progressive trends through analyses. Analyses include String Quartet No. 1 (Op. 12, 1829), No. 2(Op. 13, 1827),and Octet (1825) by Mendelssohn, and Beethoven's late String Quartets. The present study has two general aims as follows: First, we explore individual musical languages of the two comtemporary composers, Beethoven and Mendelssohn; Second, in doing so, we explore how Romanticism in Classicism is shown in Mendelssohn's pieces, as compared with Classicism in Romanticism in Beethoven.