Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 9 in C Major was published in 1808 as Opus 59, No. 3. It consists of four movements:

1. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
2. Andante con moto quasi Allegretto
3. Menuetto (Grazioso)
4. Allegro molto

This work is the last 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)