String Quartet No. 9 (Beethoven)

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Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 9 in C major was published in 1808 as opus 59, no. 3. It consists of four movements:

1. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace (C major)
2. Andante con moto quasi Allegretto (A minor)
3. Menuetto (Grazioso) (C major)
4. Allegro molto (C major)

This work is the last of three quartets commissioned by prince Andreas Razumovsky, then the Russian ambassador to Vienna.

[edit] See also

String Quartets Nos. 7 - 9, Opus 59 - Rasumovsky (Beethoven)

[edit] References and further reading

• Joseph Kerman, The Beethoven Quartets. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1966. ISBN 0-393-00909-2

[edit] External links

• String Quartet No. 9 was available at the International Music Score Library Project.
• Free recording

v • d • e 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 flat 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 flat major, Op. 74 (Harp) · No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 (Serioso) Late quartets No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127 · No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130 · No. 14 in C sharp 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