String Quartet No. 4 (Beethoven)

String Quartet
No. 4
Early string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven
The opening bars of the first movement from a 19th-century publication
KeyC minor
Opus18, No. 4
Composed1798–1800
DedicationJoseph Franz von Lobkowitz
Published1801
MovementsFour

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4, between 1798 and 1800 in Vienna and published in 1801. The Op. 18 collection is dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz.