Ludwig van Beethoven

Second trio to the Scherzo for String Trio, Op. 9 No. 1

Hess 28


Instrumentation

Strings

  • Violin
  • Viola
  • Cello

Related Pieces

Trio für Violine, Viola, und Violoncello Nr. 3 in G major, Op. 9 No. 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven: Second Trio to the Scherzo for String Trio Op. 9 No. 1. The old view says that this second trio was rejected from the autograph score (Johnson 1980a, pp.327-8). However, Beethoven´s remark : 'Das 2te Trio muss zum Einlegen geschrieben werden' sounds more like the opposite, namely that it was composed as an afterthought, and that it should be included in the finished work. The opus 9 Trios may already have been at the press, and our Hess 28 may have arrived too late for inclusion. And so it fell into oblivion.