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Beethoven String Quartet Keyscapes

This page shows keyscapes for all of Beethoven's string quartets. Click on each keyscape plot to view a larger version. Below is the key to color mapping for the plots. Major keys are the brighter row in the legend, and minor keys are the darker row. Click here to view the same plots using a color mapping relative to the function of the tonic key of each movement.

String Quartet no. 1 in F Major, op. 18/1

1. Allegro con brio
(kern) (midi)
F major

2. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
(kern) (midi)
D minor

3. Scherzo: Allegro molto
(kern) (midi)
F major

4. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
F major

String Quartet no. 2 in G Major, op. 18/2

1. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
G major

2. Adagio cantabile
(kern) (midi)
C major

3. Scherzo Allegro
(kern) (midi)
G major

4. Allegro molto, quasi presto
(kern) (midi)
G major

String Quartet no. 3 in D Major, op. 18/3

1. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
D major

2. Andante con moto
(kern) (midi)
B♭ major

3. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
D major

4. Presto
(kern) (midi)
D major

String Quartet no. 4 in C Minor, op. 18/4

1. Allegro ma non tanto
(kern) (midi)
C minor

2. Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
(kern) (midi)
C major

3. Menuetto
(kern) (midi)
C minor

4. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
C minor

String Quartet no. 5 in A Major, op. 18/5

1. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
A major

2. Menuetto
(kern) (midi)
A major

3. Andante cantabile
(kern) (midi)
D major

4. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
A major

String Quartet no. 6 in B♭ Major, op. 18/6

1. Allegro con brio
(kern) (midi)
B♭ major

2. Adagio ma non troppo
(kern) (midi)
E♭ major

3. Scherzo. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
B♭ major

4b. La Malinconia. Adagio
(kern) (midi)
B♭ major

String Quartet no. 7 in F Major, op. 59/1

1. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
F major

2. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
(kern) (midi)
B♭ major

3. Adagio molto e mesto
(kern) (midi)
F minor

4. Allegro (Thème russe)
(kern) (midi)
F major

String Quartet no. 8 in E Minor, op. 59/2

1. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
E minor

2. Molto adagio
(kern) (midi)
E major

3. Allegretto
(kern) (midi)
E minor

4. Finale: Presto
(kern) (midi)
E minor

String Quartet no. 9 in C Major, op. 59/3

1. Andante con moto. Allegro vivace
(kern) (midi)
C major

2. Andante con moto quasi Allegretto
(kern) (midi)
A minor

3. Menuet and Trio
(kern) (midi)
C major

4. Allegro molto
(kern) (midi)
C major

String Quartet no. 10 in E♭ Major, op. 74

1. Poco Adagio. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
E♭ major

2. Adagio ma non troppo
(kern) (midi)
A♭ major

3. Presto
(kern) (midi)
C minor

4. Allegretto con Variazioni
(kern) (midi)
E♭ major

String Quartet no. 11 in F Minor, op. 95 (Serioso)

1. Allegro con brio
(kern) (midi)
F minor

2. Allegretto ma non troppo
(kern) (midi)
D major

3. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
(kern) (midi)
F minor

4. Larghetto expressivo - Allegretto agitato
(kern) (midi)
F minor

String Quartet no. 12 in E♭ Major, op. 127

1. Maestoso - Allegro
(kern) (midi)
E♭ major

2. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
(kern) (midi)
A♭ major

3. Scherzando vivace - Presto
(kern) (midi)
E♭ major

4. Finale - Allegro con moto
(kern) (midi)
E♭ major

String Quartet no. 13 in B♭ Major, op. 130

1. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
(kern) (midi)
B♭ major

2. Presto
(kern) (midi)
B♭ minor

3. Andante con moto ma non troppo
(kern) (midi)
D♭ major

4. Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai
(kern) (midi)
G major

5. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo
(kern) (midi)
E♭ major

6. Finale: Allegro
(kern) (midi)
B♭ major

String Quartet no. 14 in C♯ Minor, op. 131

4. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile
(kern) (midi)
C♯ minor

2. Allegro molto vivace
(kern) (midi)
D major

3. Allegro moderato - Adagio
(kern) (midi)
F♯ minor

1. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
(kern) (midi)
A major

5. Presto
(kern) (midi)
E major

6. Adagio quasi un poco andante
(kern) (midi)
G♯ minor

7. Allegro
(kern) (midi)
C♯ minor

String Quartet no. 15 in A Minor, op. 132

1. Assai sostenuto
(kern) (midi)
A minor

2. Allegro ma non tanto
(kern) (midi)
A major

3. Molto adagio -- Andante
(kern) (midi)
C major

4. Alla Marcia, assai vivace
(kern) (midi)
A major

5. Allegro appassionato
(kern) (midi)
A minor

String Quartet no. 16 in F Major, op. 135

1. Allegretto
(kern) (midi)
F major

2. Vivace
(kern) (midi)
F major

3. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
(kern) (midi)
D♭ major

4. Grave ma non troppo tratto
(kern) (midi)
F major

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