String Quartet No. 5 (Beethoven)

String Quartet
No. 5
Early string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven, c. 1796
KeyA major
Opus18, No. 5
Composed1798–1800
DedicationJoseph 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

Part of Menuetto from String Quartet No. 5, performed in 1938 by the Hague String Quartet, consisting of Sam Swaap, Adolf Poth, Jean Devert and Charles van Isterdael [nl]

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. ^ Michael Steinberg (1994). "String Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5". In Robert Winter; Robert Martin (eds.). The Beethoven Quartet Companion. University of California Press. pp. 165–170. ISBN 0-520-08211-7.
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