String Quintet, Op. 104 (Beethoven)

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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.

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

Structure

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 )

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