According to Carl Czerny, the second movement of the quartet occurred to Beethoven as he contemplated the starry sky and thought of the music of the spheres (Thayer, Life of Beethoven); it has a hymnlike quality reminiscent of a much later devotion, the "Heiliger Dankgesang" hymn to the Divine in the Quartet Op. 132.
| Date of composition | 1806 |
| First published | 1808 |
| Type | String Quartet |
| Tonality | E Minor |
| Catalogue | Op. 59 |
| Instruments |
Viola
Cello 2x Violin |
| Arrangements |
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Modest Mussorgsky: Allegretto, from String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2 transcription from Beethoven
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| Autotranslations beta |
Ludwig van Beethoven: Three String Quartets n°8 en mi mineur, Op. 59 "Razumovsky" Ludwig van Beethoven: Three String Quartets n. 8 in mi minore, Op. 59 "Razumovsky" Ludwig van Beethoven: Three String Quartets Nr. 8 e-moll, Op. 59 "Razumovsky" |