String Quartets, Vol. 3 (parts) by Franz Joseph Haydn
Edited by Andreas Moser and Hugo Dechert. 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. This excellent, performer-friendly four-volume series of Haydn's quartets has been a favorite of quartet players everywhere. This third volume contains many early quartets, many of his "Prussian Quartets," and several of his "Tost" quartets. Contains all four parts in separately bound volumes. Advanced level, Grade 5.
CONTENTS:
- Quartet in C Major, Op.9, No. 1, Hob. III: 19
- Quartet in G Major, Op.9, No. 3, Hob. III: 21
- Quartet in D minor, Op.9, No. 4, Hob. III: 22
- Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.9, No. 5, Hob. III: 23
- Quartet in A Major, Op.9, No. 6, Hob. III: 24
Quartet in E Major, Op.17, No. 1, Hob. III: 25
- Quartet in F Major, Op.17, No. 2, Hob. III: 26
- Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.17, No. 3, Hob. III: 27
- Quartet in C minor, Op.17, No. 4, Hob. III: 28
- Quartet in D Major, Op.17, No. 6, Hob. III: 30
Quartet in D minor, Op.42
Prussian
- Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.50, No. 1, Hob. III: 44
- Quartet in C Major, Op.50, No. 2, Hob. III: 45
- Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.50, No. 3, Hob. III: 46
- Quartet in F-sharp minor, Op.50, No. 4, Hob. III: 47
- Quartet in F Major, Op.50, No. 5, Hob. III: 48 "Dream"
Tost II
- 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
Tost III
- Quartet in C Major, Op.64, No. 1, Hob. III: 65
