Ludwig van Beethoven
Six String Quartets
Op. 18
Form
Chamber Music
Additional catalogue
B. 225
Dedication
Prince Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz
String Quartet No. 1
Allegro con brio
Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
Scherzo.
Allegro molto
Allegro
String Quartet No. 2
Allegro
Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I
Scherzo.
Allegro
Allegro molto, quasi presto
String Quartet No. 3
Allegro
Andante con moto
Allegro
Presto
String Quartet No. 4
Allegro ma non tanto
Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
Menuetto.
Allegretto
Allegro - Prestissimo
String Quartet No. 5
Allegro
Menuetto
Andante cantabile
Allegro
String Quartet No. 6
Allegro con brio
Adagio ma non troppo
Scherzo.
Allegro
La Malinconia.
Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro - Adagio - Allegretto - Poco adagio - Prestissimo
Instrumentation
Strings
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Related Pieces
Streichquartett Nr. 18 in A major, K. 464
by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
: Beethoven modeled this quartet (Op. 18 No. 5) directly on Mozart's quartet in the same key (K. 464).
Streichquartett in F major, Hess 32
by
Ludwig van Beethoven
: Hess 32 is a first version of the Quartet Op. 18 No. 1