| Piano Quartets | |
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| Chamber music by Ludwig van Beethoven | |
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| Catalogue | WoO 36 |
| Composed | 1785, Bonn |
| Published | 1828, Vienna |
| Publisher | Artaria |
| Movements | Each quartet has 3 movements |
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The Piano Quartets, WoO 36, by Ludwig van Beethoven are a set of three piano quartets, completed in 1785 when the composer was aged 14. They are scored for piano, violin, viola and cello. He composed a quartet in C major, another in E-flat major, and a third in D major. They were first published posthumously in 1828, however numbered in a different order: Piano Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Piano Quartet No. 2 in D major, and Piano Quartet No. 3 in C major.