Ludwig van Beethoven puts the finishing touches on the String Quartet in C sharp Minor, Opus 131, the jewel in the crown of his late string quartets.  

In this year also, his Große Fuge of 1825, an immense double fugue, is universally condemned by contemporary critics.

However, critical opinion of the work will rise steadily from the beginning of the twentieth century.

The work is today considered among Beethoven's greatest achievements.