String Quartet No. 4 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 4 in C minor was published in 1801 as opus 18, no. 4, and was written between 1798 and 1800. It consists of four movements:

Allegro ma non tanto
Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
Menuetto: Allegretto
Allegro - Prestissimo

As noted in the program notes of the Hyperion recording and elsewhere, it is thought that this quartet may be in part based upon earlier material.^[1]

Notes

^ http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/notes/55021-N.asp

External links

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

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