Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 2 in G Major was published in 1801 as Opus 18, No. 2, and was written between 1798 and 1800. It consists of four movements:

1. Allegro
2. Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I
3. Scherzo: Allegro
4. Allegro molto, quasi Presto