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Re: Beethoven's String Trios
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James Tobin <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:13:01 -0600
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Richard Pennycuick:

>I know this is a cliche and the question may well be rhetorical but I'll
>ask anyway: Why aren't the string trios better known?

Some conjecture:

1. The low opus numbers.
2. There is so much else to play and hear.
3. The second violinist in the quartet about to become a string trio, says, "Hey, how about me?"

Jim

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