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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

The string quartet consists of four movements:

Allegro (A major)
Menuetto (A major)
Andante cantabile (Theme with variations, D major)
Allegro (A major)

Recordings

The 'Menuetto' from String Quartet No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed in 1938 by the Hague String Quartet, consisting of Sam Swaap, Adolf Poth, Jean Devert and Charles van Isterdael

Notes

^ 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)

External links

String Quartet No. 5: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

[winter-1] Winter R. and Martin R., pp. 165-170.

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String quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven
Opus 18	No. 1 in F major No. 2 in G major No. 3 in D major No. 4 in C minor No. 5 in A major No. 6 in B♭ major
Opus 59 (Rasumovsky)	No. 7 in F major No. 8 in E minor No. 9 in C major
Other middle period quartets	No. 10 in E♭ major, Op. 74 (Harp) No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 (Serioso)
Late quartets	No. 12 in E♭ major, Op. 127 No. 13 in B♭ major, Op. 130 No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 131 No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 Große Fuge, Op. 133 No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
String quartet arrangement of Op. 14, No. 1 by Beethoven

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