Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 7 in F Major was published in 1806 as Opus 59, No. 1. It consists of four movements:

1. Allegro
2. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
3. Adagio molto e mesto - attaca
4. Theme Russe: Allegro

This work is the first of three quartets commissioned by prince Andreas Razumovsky, then the Russian ambassador to Vienna.

References and further reading

• Joseph Kerman , The Beethoven Quartets. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1966. ISBN 0393009092

See also

• String Quartets Nos. 7 - 9, Opus 59 - Rasumovsky (Beethoven)