String Quartet No. 5 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 5 in A major was published in 1801 as opus 18, no. 5, and was written between 1798 and 1800. Beethoven modeled this quartet directly on Mozart's quartet in the same key (K. 464).^[1]

Movements

It consists of four movements:

Allegro
Menuetto
Andante cantabile (Theme with variations)
Allegro

Notes

↑ Winter R. and Martin R., 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

String quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven

Preludes and Fugues	Prelude and Fugue for String Quartet in F major, Hess 30 Prelude and Fugue for String Quartet in C major, Hess 31

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