Certain songs leave their deepest mark in the very last line. A final lyric can close a story, crack open an emotion, or linger in the mind long after the music fades. Sometimes it’s a quiet whisper, ...

Beethoven's "Late Quartets," No. 12-16 (plus the Große Fuge), were his final major compositions. They were so advanced at the time that they bewildered most and led some to believe the once great ...