String Quintet, Op. 104 (Beethoven)

The String Quintet in C minor, Op. 104, written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1817, performed on 10 December 1818, and published in 1819, is an arrangement of the early C minor Piano Trio, Op. 1 No. 3. This work is scored for a string quintet with two violas.

The work is referenced in Vikram Seth's 1999 novel An Equal Music.

Structure
The work is structured in four movements:


 * 1) Allegro con brio (C minor)
 * 2) Andante cantabile con Variazioni (E-flat major)
 * 3) Minuetto. Quasi allegro (C minor, with a trio in C major)
 * 4) Finale. Prestissimo (C minor, with a tierce de picardie)