String Quartet No. 4 (Beethoven)

The opening measures of the first movement from a 19th-century publication

Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 4, Op. 18, No. 4 in C minor (1798–1800) was published in 1801. It consists of four movements:

1. Allegro ma non tanto
2. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
3. Menuetto: Allegretto
4. Allegro – Prestissimo

It is thought that this quartet may be in part based upon earlier material.

External links

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