String Quintet in C major

String Quintet, Op. 29 in C major composed by Ludwig van Beethoven was first published in 1801. This work is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola (two violins, two violas and cello). With the String Quintet, Op. 4 being an extensively re-worked arrangement of the earlier Octet for Winds, Op. 103, the Op. 104 quintet an arrangement of an earlier piano trio, and the later fugue a fragmentary work, this work is the only full-scale, original composition of Beethoven's in the string quintet genre.

Movements

1. "Allegro"
2. "Adagio molto espressivo"
3. "Scherzo. Allegro"
4. "Presto"

External links

• String Quintet No.2: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• Performance by the Musicians from Marlboro from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format