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. It is scored for a string quintet with two violas.
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
  2. Andante cantabile con Variazioni
  3. Minuetto. Quasi allegro
  4. ''Finale. Prestissimo''