The String Quartet No. 5 in

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, Op. 18, No. 5, was written between 1798 and 1800 by

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and published in 1801, and dedicated to

Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz Joseph Franz Maximilian, 7th Prince of Lobkowitz (also spelled ''Lobkowicz'') (8 December 1772 – 16 December 1816

. Beethoven modeled this

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directly on

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's quartet in the same key, K. 464.Winter R. and Martin R., pp. 165-170.

Movements

The string quartet consists of four movements:

Recordings

Notes

References

* ; especially the essay by Michael Steinberg (pp. 150–155)

External links

* String quartet 05 1800 compositions Compositions in A major {{chamber-composition-stub