| String Quartet | |
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| No. 5 | |
| Early string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven | |
 Ludwig van Beethoven, c. 1796 | |
| Key | A major |
| Opus | 18, No. 5 |
| Composed | 1798–1800 |
| Dedication | Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz |
| Published | 1801 |
| Movements | Four |
The String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18, No. 5, was written between 1798 and 1800 by Ludwig van Beethoven and published in 1801, and dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz. Beethoven modeled this quartet directly on Mozart's quartet in the same key, K. 464. [1]
The string quartet consists of four movements:
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