The introductory Andante con moto section of the first movement is not directly related to the rest of the movement and serves a similar function to the introduction of his Op. 74 quartet. Thereafter, the movement's main thematic material is exposed and developed. The relation (or apparent lack thereof) between the slow, sombre and dissonant introduction and the bright Allegro which follows, is similar to what is found in Mozart's "Dissonance" Quartet, also in the key of C.

Date of composition 1806
First published 1808
Type String Quartet
Tonality C Major
Catalogue Op. 59 No. 3
Instruments 2x Violin
Viola
Cello
Autotranslations beta Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings n°9 en do majeur, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky"
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings n. 9 in do maggiore, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky"
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings Nr. 9 C-dur, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky"