4th movement "Alla Danza tedesca" from opus 130 Streichquartett (B-dur)
Quartet for two violins, viola and cello;
handwritten score, length: 9 sheets, 10 lines, 15 pages of music sheet 1r-8r, sheet 8v blank, sheet 9r blank except for the signature "Helmesberger", sheet 9v blank except for illegible, probably Beethoven pencil notes at the upper margin, dedication by Karl Holz at the bottom: "Meinem Freunde Joseph Hellmesberger zum Andenken an die vortreffliche Aufführung dieses Quartetts am 6. Dezember 1849 Karl Holz mp."; later binding characteristic for the Steger Collection: coloured velvet with brass fittings and coloured pearls
Beethoven's gift to Karl Holz (1798-1826), Vienna; since December 6, 1849 Joseph Hellmesberger, Vienna (1828-1893, violonist); [...] around 1900 Heinrich Steger Collection, Vienna; [...] Petschek family, Aussig/Elbe; 1939 confiscation and expropriation by German authorities; 1939 Jan Racek, Brno; since 1945 Moravian State Museum, Music Historical Institute, Brno (by Racek Foundation, signature A 23.545);
2022 restitution