String Quartets, Op.54/55, Hob III: 57-62 (parts and score) by Franz Joseph Haydn
Urtext edition by Simon Rowland-Jones. Published by C.F. Peters
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was one of the greatest composers of Western classical music. A ceaseless innovator, he led the transition from the Baroque into the Classical period, refining and inventing many forms and genres and influencing countless composers, notably Mozart and Beethoven, whom he mentored. He became chiefly renowned for his humor, spontaneity, and inventive motivic development.
Haydn is known as “the father of the string quartet” for his prolific, innovative, and enduring work in the genre across 68 completed works. The six string quartets that make up Op.54/55, Hob III: 57-62 were written in 1788 for violinist Johann Tost and are sometimes known as the “First Tost Quartets”. They are some of his most startlingly original utterances in the genre, incorporating the virtuosic and soloistic Parisian “brillante” style of the time with music of the utmost complexity and invention. This premium Peters urtext edition contains analysis, historical and critical commentary, and notes on performance practice. Parts and score. Master level, Grade 6.
CONTENTS:
- Quartet in C Major, Op.54, No. 2, Hob. III: 57
- Quartet in G Major, Op.54, No. 1, Hob. III: 58
- Quartet in E Major, Op.54, No. 3, Hob. III: 59
- Quartet in A Major, Op.55, No. 1, Hob. III: 60
- Quartet in F minor, Op.55, No. 2, Hob. III: 61 “Razor”
- Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.55, No.3, Hob. III: 62
