String Quintet, Op. 104 (Beethoven)

The String Quintet in C minor, Op. 104, written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1817, performed on 10 December 1818, and published in 1819, is an arrangement of the early C minor Piano Trio, Op. 1 No. 3.^[1][2] This work 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 (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)