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String Quartet
No. 5
Early string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven, c. 1796
Key A major
Opus18, No. 5
Composed1798–1800
Dedication Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz
Published1801
MovementsFour

The String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18, No. 5, was written between 1798 and 1800 by Ludwig van Beethoven and published in 1801, and dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz. Beethoven modeled this quartet directly on Mozart's quartet in the same key, K. 464. [1]

Movements

The string quartet consists of four movements:

  1. Allegro ( A major)
  2. Menuetto (A major)
  3. Andante cantabile (Theme with variations, D major)
  4. Allegro (A major)

Recordings

The 'Menuetto' from String Quartet No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed in 1938 by the Hague String Quartet, consisting of Sam Swaap, Adolf Poth, Jean Devert and Charles van Isterdael

Notes

  1. ^ Winter R. and Martin R., pp. 165-170.

References

  • Robert Winter, Robert Martin eds. (1994). The Beethoven Quartet Companion. University of California Press. ISBN  0-520-08211-7.; especially the essay by Michael Steinberg (pp. 150–155)

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