String Quartet No. 3 (Beethoven)

String Quartet
No. 3
Early string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven, c. 1796
Key	D major
Opus	18, No. 3
Composed	1798–1800
Dedication	Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz
Published	1801
Movements	Four

The String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18, No. 3, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801, dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz. Although it is numbered third, it was the first quartet Beethoven composed.