The String Quartet No. 13 in A minor (the Rosamunde Quartet), D. 804, Op. 29, was written by Franz Schubert between February and March 1824. It dates roughly to the same time as his monumental Death and the Maiden Quartet, emerging around three years after his previous attempt to write for the string quartet genre, the Quartettsatz that he never finished. Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828), was an Austrian composer. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Death and the Maiden Quartet, written in 1824 by Franz Schubert and D. 810 in Otto Erich Deutschs thematic catalog of Schuberts works, is a string quartet in four movements: Allegro, in D minor and common time Andante con moto, in G minor and divided common (2... The resident string quartet of the Library of Congress in 1963 A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group. ...

The Rosamunde Quartet was the only string quartet which Schubert published during his lifetime. Schubert dedicated the work to Schuppanzigh, who served as the first violinist of the string quartet appointed by Beethoven. Schuppanzigh himself played in the premiere performance which took place on March 14, 1824. The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770; died March 26, 1827) was a German composer of classical music, who predominantly lived in Vienna, Austria. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

The quartet consists of four movements which last around 30 minutes in total.

• Allegro ma non troppo
• Andante
• Menuetto – Allegretto – Trio
• Allegro moderato

The first movement borrows the melancholic theme from one of Schubert's earliest songs, Gretchen am Spinnrade. It is the second movement, however, which has lent the Quartet its nickname, being based on a theme from the incidental music for Rosamunde. (This famous theme would also reappear in the Impromptu in B-flat written three years later). The minuet is inspired by the melody of another song by Schubert, Die Götter Griechenlands, D. 677. Gretchen am Spinnrade is a selection of text from Goethes Faust. ... Rosamunde can refer to: The German name for the Beer Barrel Polka Incidental music composed by Franz Schubert to a play with the same name, see Rosamunde (Schubert) (and String Quartet No. ... Eight piano compositions composed in 1827 by Franz Schubert were published during the composers lifetime (or shortly thereafter) under the name Impromptu. ...