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about the composer during the time of writing the late quartets: "While composing the three quartets requested by Prince
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returned to the city after several years away. He had formed a string quartet in Vienna in the 1790s; Schuppanzigh was an old friend of
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involuntarily. 'My dear fellow, I've just had another idea,' he would say jocularly and with glistening eyes when we were out walking, and would write down a few notes in his sketchbook."
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Also as told to Ludwig Nohl, Holz said, "For him the crowning achievement of his quartet writing, and his favourite piece, was the E-Flat
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series of concerts in Paris during religious holidays.) As director, Holz frequently programmed works of
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Elias String
Quartet: the Beethoven Project, accessed 10 April 2014.
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returned to assist Holz with managing
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