String Quartet No. 5 (Beethoven)

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]

String Quartet
No. 5
Early string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven, c. 1796
KeyA major
OpusOp. 18, No. 5
Composed1798–1800
DedicationJoseph Franz von Lobkowitz
Published1801
MovementsFour

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)

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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