Haydn: String Quartets - Volume 6 (Opp. 42 and 50 - Prussian Quartets)
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- Composer: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
- Editor: James Webster
- Instrumentation: String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)
- ISMN:
- Size: 9.3 x 12.2 inches
- Pages: 189
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
The volume opens with something unusual:, Op. 42 is a single work, short and surprisingly easy to play; Haydn described it as "something small and with only 3 pieces". The Quartets, Op. 50, including the so-called Frog Quartet, are dedicated to the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm II, who was a talented cellist. Even though the "solo" at the beginning of opus 50, No. 1 is meant as joke, there are some good passages for cellists.
Works:
- String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 42, Hob. III:43
- String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 50, No. 1, Hob. III:44
- String Quartet in C Major, Op. 50, No. 2, Hob. III:45
- String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 50, No. 3, Hob. III:46
- String Quartet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 4, Hob. III:47
- String Quartet in F Major, Op. 50, No. 5, Hob. III:48
- String Quartet in D Major, Op. 50, No. 6, Hob. III:49