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 | |
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No. 5 | |
Early string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven | |
![]() Ludwig van Beethoven, c. 1796 | |
Key | A major |
Opus | 18, No. 5 |
Composed | 1798–1800 |
Dedication | Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz |
Published | 1801 |
Movements | Four |
Movements
editThe string quartet consists of four movements:
Notes
edit- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Media related to String Quartet No. 5 (Beethoven) at Wikimedia Commons
- String Quartet No. 5 (Beethoven): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project