String Quintet, Op. 104 (Beethoven)

The String Quintet in C minor, Op.104 was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1817, performed on 10 December 1818, and published in 1819. It is an arrangement of the early C minor Piano Trio, Op. 1 No. 3, which was originally written in 1793.^[1][2] It is scored for a string quintet with two violas.

The work is referenced in Vikram Seth's 1999 novel An Equal Music.

The work is structured in four movements:

1. Allegro con brio (C minor)
2. Andante cantabile con Variazioni (E-flat major)
3. Minuetto. Quasi allegro (C minor, with a trio in C major)
4. Finale. Prestissimo (C minor, with a tierce de picardie)

Notes

Sources

• Kurth, Sabine (2002). Ludwig van Beethoven, Streichquintette (String Quintets) (PDF). G. Henle Verlag. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
• Short, Anthony (2010). "Liner Notes to Beethoven: Music for String Quintet, Naxos 8.572221". Naxos Records. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
• Wigmore, Richard (2009). "Liner Notes to Beethoven: Piano Quartet & String Quintet, CDA67745" (PDF). Hyperion Records. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

• String Quintet in C minor, Op.104 (Beethoven, Ludwig van): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project