Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 9 in C major was published in 1808 as opus 59, no. 3. It consists of four movements:

1. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace (C major)
2. Andante con moto quasi Allegretto (A minor)
3. Menuetto (Grazioso) (C major)
4. Allegro molto (C major)

This work is the last of three quartets commissioned by prince Andreas Razumovsky, then the Russian ambassador to Vienna.

See also

String Quartets Nos. 7 - 9, Opus 59 - Rasumovsky (Beethoven)

References and further reading

• Joseph Kerman, The Beethoven Quartets. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1966. ISBN 0-393-00909-2

External links

• String Quartet No. 9: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• Free recording by the Jerusalem Quartet
• Recording of quartet by the Amadeo Modigliani Quartet from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format
• Beethoven Quartet No. 9 in C major, lecture by Roger Parker with a performance by the Badke quartet, 6 May 2008 at Gresham College (available for download as text, audio of video file)