String Quintet, Op. 29 (Beethoven)

The String Quintet in C major, Op. 29, written by Ludwig van Beethoven, was composed in 1801.^[1] This work is scored for string quartet and an extra viola (two violins, two violas, and cello). The Op. 29 is Beethoven's only full-scale, original composition in the string quintet genre; of his other quintet works, the Op. 4 is an extensively reworked arrangement of the earlier Octet for Winds, Op. 103, the String Quintet Op. 104 is an arrangement of an earlier piano trio, and the later fugue is a short work.

The composer dedicated this work to Count Moritz von Fries, a patron to whom Beethoven also dedicated two other works of the same year—the Violin Sonatas No. 4 and No. 5—as well as his later Seventh Symphony.

Movements[]

1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio molto espressivo
3. Scherzo. Allegro
4. Presto

Influence[]

This quintet allegedly inspired Schubert to write his own string quintet in the same key (his scoring involves two cellos rather than two violas as in Beethoven's quintet).

References[]

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External links[]

• String Quintet in C major, Op.29 (Beethoven, Ludwig van): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Performance by the Musicians from Marlboro from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

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