String Quartets, Vol. 2 (parts); Joseph Haydn

String Quartets, Vol. 2 (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 second volume contains some of his most beloved masterpieces, including the humorous "The Joke", "The Lark", and the complete series of his Op.76 "Erdody" quartets, which contain some of his finest work. Contains all four parts in separately bound volumes. Advanced level, Grade 5.

CONTENTS:

• Quartet in G minor, Op.3, No. 3, Hob. III: 15
• Quartet in F Major, Op.3, No. 5, Hob. III: 17

• Sun Quartets
• Quartet in D Major, Op.20, No. 4, Hob. III: 34
• Quartet in F minor, Op.20, No. 5, Hob. III: 35
• Quartet in A Major, Op.20, No. 6, Hob. III: 36

• Russian Quartets
• Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.33, No. 2, Hob. III: 36 "The Joke"
• Quartet in C Major, Op.33, No. 3, Hob. III: 37 "The Bird"
• Quartet in D Major, Op.33, No. 6, Hob. III: 38

• Tost III
• Quartet in D Major, Op.64, No. 5, Hob. III: 63 "The Lark"
• Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.64, No. 6, Hob. III: 64

• Erdody Quartets
• Quartet in G Major, Op.76, No. 1, Hob. III: 75
• Quartet in D minor, Op.76, No. 2, Hob. III: 76 "Fifths"
• Quartet in C Major, Op.76, No. 3, Hob. III: 77 "Emperor"
• Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.76, No. 4, Hob. III: 78 "Sunrise"
• Quartet in D Major, Op.76, No. 5, Hob. III: 79
• Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.76, No. 6, Hob. III: 80