This work is the first of three quartets commissioned by prince Andrey Razumovsky, then the Russian ambassador to Vienna. This quartet is the first of Beethoven's middle period quartets and departs in style from his earlier Op. 18 quartets. The most apparent difference is that this quartet is over forty minutes long in a typical performance, whereas most of Beethoven's earlier quartets lasted twenty-five to thirty minutes. Furthermore, this quartet notoriously requires a greatly expanded technical repertoire.

Date of composition 1806
First published 1808
Type String Quartet
Tonality F Major
Catalogue Op. 59
Instruments Viola
Cello
2x Violin
Autotranslations beta Ludwig van Beethoven: Three String Quartets n°7 en fa majeur, Op. 59 "Razumovsky"
Ludwig van Beethoven: Three String Quartets n. 7 in fa maggiore, Op. 59 "Razumovsky"
Ludwig van Beethoven: Three String Quartets Nr. 7 F-dur, Op. 59 "Razumovsky"