String Quartet No.4, Op.18 No.4 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
I. Allegro, ma non tanto
II. Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto (C major)
III. Menuetto. Allegretto
IV. Allegro
Composition Year 1799-1800
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players; For piano (arr); For 1 player

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#243530 - 19.64MB - 21:27 -  8.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (16) - !N/!N/!N - 5721x⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Performer Pages Orion String Quartet (String Quartet)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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 Complete score
#274829 - 5.65MB, 14 pp. -  5.4/10 2 4 6 8 10 (13) - V/V/V - 7786x⇩ - JP3

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 Complete Score (Preview)
#04758 - 4.82MB, 18 pp. -  5.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (27) - V/V/V - 25078x⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/4/1)

Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 6:
Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell, Erster Band, Nr.40 (pp.65-82)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1862. Plate B.40.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1970
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 Complete Score
#90197 - 2.83MB, 32 pp. -  5.2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (8) - V/V/V - 8992x⇩ - worov

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worov (2011/1/14)

Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.(ca.1920). Philharmonia series.
Reprinted New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1937).No.128.
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PMLP04332-Opus 18 no 4.pdf

 Complete Score
#21518 - 1.81MB, 41 pp. -  7.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (10) - !N/!N/!N - 7189x⇩ - jgjgjg

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 I. Allegro ma non tanto
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 II. Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
#01341 - 0.28MB, 13 pp. -  5.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - !N/!N/!N - 2180x⇩ - Resnek

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 III. Menuetto. Allegretto
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 IV. Allegro ma non tanto. Prestissimo
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Editor Stelios Samelis
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Parts

 Violin 1
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 Violin 2
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 Viola
#112715 - 0.77MB, 7 pp. -  4.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (8) - V/V/V - 4103x⇩ - Perlnerd666

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 Cello
#112716 - 0.74MB, 7 pp. -  3.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (11) - V/V/V - 4399x⇩ - Perlnerd666

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Editor First edition
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 Violin 1
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 Violin 2
#224885 - 0.38MB, 7 pp. -  5.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - V/V/V - 5322x⇩ - Aldona Jones

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 Viola
#224886 - 0.32MB, 5 pp. -  5.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (8) - V/V/V - 5125x⇩ - Aldona Jones

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 Cello
#224887 - 4.20MB, 5 pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - V/V/V - 5145x⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2012/5/26)

Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.[1867]. Plate 66.4
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 Complete Parts
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 Violin 1 (Preview)
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 Violin 2 (Preview)
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 Viola (Preview)
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 Cello (Preview)
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Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke (neue Ausgabe), Band 14: Quartette
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate L.v.B. 14.
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 Violin 1
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 Violin 2
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 Viola
#28847 - 0.11MB, 10 pp. -  1.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - !N/!N/!N - 1532x⇩ - homerdundas

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 Cello
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 Violin 1
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 Violin 2
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 Viola
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Violin and Piano (Hermann)
See: Quartette von Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven für Klavier und Violine
For Piano 4 hands (Ulrich and Wittmann)

 Complete Score
#04240 - 1.94MB, 26 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 561x⇩ - fsarud

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 Complete Score
#57093 - 1.70MB, 28 pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 375x⇩ - Morel

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Arranger Hugo Ulrich (1827-1872)
Robert Wittmann (1804-18??)
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For Piano solo (Rösler)

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Arranger Gustav Rösler (1819-1882)
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For Piano solo (Winkler)

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Arranger Louis Winkler (1820-1886)
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II Andante

For Violin or Cello and Piano (Vogel)
See: Le Concert au Salon (No.36)
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.4 in C minor
Alternative. Title
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.18 No.4
Key C minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
I. Allegro, ma non tanto
II. Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto (C major)
III. Menuetto. Allegretto
IV. Allegro
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1799-1800
First Publication. 1801 – Vienna: Mollo
Dedication Franz Joseph Maximilian Fürst von Lobkowitz (1772-1816)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation 2 Violins, Viola, Cello
External Links Wikipedia article


Misc. Comments

Beethoven String Quartets

6 String Quartets, Op.18

  1. String Quartet No.1 in F major
  2. String Quartet No.2 in G major
  3. String Quartet No.3 in D major
  4. String Quartet No.4 in C minor
  5. String Quartet No.5 in A major
  6. String Quartet No.6 in B♭ major

3 String Quartets, Op.59 ("Rasumovsky")

  1. String Quartet No.7 in F major
  2. String Quartet No.8 in E minor
  3. String Quartet No.9 in C major

Late Quartets

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