String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1

Composer: BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van
  • Beethoven composed his Op. 18 is a set of six string quartets over the course of 1798-1800.
  • Beethoven dedicated Op. 18 to his aristocratic patron Prince Lobkowitz (whose palace would host the private premiere of the “Eroica” Symphony in 1805).
  • On June 25, 1799, Beethoven gave an early version of this string quartet as a parting gift to his friend Karl Amenda, a Latvian theology student and violinist who was leaving Vienna after spending a year tutoring Prince Lobkowitz’s children.1

Sources

  1. Douglas Johnson et al, “Beethoven, Ludwig van,” Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press, 2001), accessed August 20, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000040026.

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