String Quartet No. 4 (Beethoven)

String Quartet
No. 4
Early string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven
The opening bars of the first movement from a 19th-century publication
Key	C minor
Opus	Op. 18, No. 4
Composed	1798–1800
Dedication	Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz
Published	1801
Movements	Four

	1. Allegro ma non tanto (C minor) Menu 0:00 2. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto (C major) Menu 0:00 3. Menuetto: Allegretto (C minor) Menu 0:00 4.Allegro – Prestissimo (C minor) Menu 0:00 Performed by the Pascal Quartet
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The String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801, dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz.

It consists of four movements:

1. Allegro ma non tanto (C minor)
2. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto (C major)
3. Menuetto: Allegretto (C minor)
4. Allegro – Prestissimo (C minor)

It is thought that this quartet may be in part based upon earlier material.^[1]

Notes[]

External links[]

• Sleeve notes to the Hyperion recording of the Beethoven quartets
• String Quartet No. 4: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Performance by the Orion String Quartet from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

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