String Quartet in B-flat major, Hob.III:44 (Haydn, Joseph)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements
Composition Year	1787
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; [19 more...]Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); For 5 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); For 2 players (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 2 guitars (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr)

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Complete Performance
*#367450 - 24.27MB - 21:12 - 8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - !N/!N/!N - 893×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2015/2/28)

Performer Pages	Musicians from Marlboro (String Quartet)
Publisher Info.	Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Scores

Complete Score
*#479117 - 1.19MB, 22 pp. - 2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 102×⇩ - IS

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IS (2017/6/27)

Publisher. Info.	Quatuors pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle, No.28 Berlin: Trautwein, n.d.[1840-45]. Plate 775.
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Complete Score
*#889022 - 9.95MB, 40 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Publisher. Info.	Mannheim: K. Ferd. Heckel, n.d.[1855]. Plate 755.
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Misc. Notes	Extracted from Joseph Haydn's Quartetten (Haydn, Joseph). From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): A48
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Complete Score
*#05805 - 3.68MB, 22 pp. - 7.2105263157895/10 2 4 6 8 10 (19) - V/V*/V* - 7960×⇩ - Nerd011235

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Editor	Wilhelm Altmann (1862–1951)
Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, No.167, n.d.(ca.1930). Plate E.E. 1267.
Reprinted	New York: Dover Publications, 1982.
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Violin 1
*#475890 - 0.41MB, 4 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 44×⇩ - IS

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Violin 2
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Viola
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Cello
*#475893 - 0.34MB, 4 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 23×⇩ - IS

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Color cover
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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Artaria, n.d.[1787]. Plate 109.
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Misc. Notes	University of Western Ontario Music Library (CDN-Lu): RISM A/I: H 3494 From the Drs. Whitby Music Collection at the University of Western Ontario.
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Violin 1
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Violin 2
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Viola
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Cello
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Publisher. Info.	London: Wm. Forster, n.d.[1787]. Plate 76.
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Violin 1
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Violin 2
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Viola
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Cello
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Publisher. Info.	London: Wm. Forster, n.d.[1787]. Plate 76.
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Violin 1
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Violin 2
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Viola
*#477515 - 0.59MB, 4 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 10×⇩ - IS

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Cello
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Color cover
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Engraver	Charles-Nicholas Richomme (fl.1776-1827)
Publisher. Info.	Collection complète des quatuors, No.44 Paris: I. Pleyel, n.d.[1820]. Plate 715.
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Violin 1
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Violin 2
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Viola
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Cello
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Color Cover
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Engraver	Charles-Nicholas Richomme (fl.1776-1827)
Publisher. Info.	Collection complète des quatuors, No.44 Paris: I. Pleyel, n.d.[1820]. Plate 715.
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Misc. Notes	Monochrome conversion of the above.
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Violin 1
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Violin 2
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Viola
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Cello
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Publisher. Info.	A Complete Collection of Haydn's Quartetts, No.44 London: Collard & Collard, n.d.(1830-34).
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Violin 1
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Violin 2
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Viola
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Cello
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Publisher. Info.	Quatuors pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle, No.44 Braunschweig: Collection Litolff, n.d.[1870]. Plate Band 172, Cahier 9.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (Clements)

Complete Score and Parts
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Arranger	Patrick Clements (b. 1943)
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For Piano (Berens)

Complete Score
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Color Cover
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IS (2017/5/24)

Arranger	Conrad Berens (1801–1862)
Publisher. Info.	15 String Quartets arranged for Piano Braunschweig: Henry Litolff, n.d. Plate 11884 (Vol.2, No.1)
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

Piano 1
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Piano 2
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Adagio non lento (No.2)

For Cello and Piano (Lamoury)

Complete Score and Cello Part
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Generoso (2013/1/6)

Arranger	Philipp Lamoury (1837–1890)
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For 2 Guitars (Tárrega)

Complete Parts
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Town explorer (2023/2/24)

Arranger	Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
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For Piano (Bretón)

Complete Score
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Іоахимъ (2020/4/9)

Arranger	Tomás Bretón (1850–1923)
Publisher. Info.	Madrid: Zozaya, n.d.(ca.1878). Plate B.Z. 111.
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Braille Scores

Complete Score
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Feduol (2024/3/6)

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General Information

Work Title	String Quartet in B-flat major
Alternative. Title	String Quartet No.44 ; "Prussian Quartet No.1"
Composer	Haydn, Joseph
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Hob.III:44 ; Op.50 No.1
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IJH 410
Key	B-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements: Allegro (B♭ major, 164 bars) Adagio non lento (E♭ major, 61 bars) Minuet - Trio (B♭ major, 65 bars) Finale. Vivace (B♭ major, 245 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1787
First Publication.	1787 in String Quartets, Op.50 (No.1)
Dedication	Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Prussia
Average DurationAvg. Duration	23 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Classical
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	2 violins, viola, cello
Discography	MusicBrainz All Music Guide
External Links	Earsense page Wikipedia article (section)

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String Quartets by Joseph Haydn (Hob. III)

String Quartet in E♭ major, Hob.II:6

[show] 6 String Quartets, Op.1
1. B♭ major, Hob.III:1 (La chasse) 2. E♭ major, Hob.III:2 3. D major, Hob.III:3 4. G major, Hob.III:4 5. B♭ major, Hob.III:5 6. C major, Hob.III:6

[show] 6 String Quartets, Op.2
1. A major, Hob.III:7 2. E major, Hob.III:8 3. E♭ major, Hob.III:9 4. F major, Hob.III:10 5. D major, Hob.III:11 6. B♭ major, Hob.III:12

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6 String Quartets, Op.3

Actually by Roman Hoffstetter though in Hoboken’s catalogue

[show] 6 String Quartets, Op.9
1. C major, Hob.III:19 2. E♭ major, Hob.III:20 3. G major, Hob.III:21 4. D minor, Hob.III:22 5. B♭ major, Hob.III:23 6. A major, Hob.III:24

[show] 6 String Quartets, Op.17
1. E major, Hob.III:25 2. F major, Hob.III:26 3. E♭ major, Hob.III:27 4. C minor, Hob.III:28 5. G major, Hob.III:29 6. D major, Hob.III:30

[show] 6 String Quartets, Op.20 “Sun”
1. E♭ major, Hob.III:31 2. C major, Hob.III:32 3. G minor, Hob.III:33 4. D major, Hob.III:34 5. F minor, Hob.III:35 6. A major, Hob.III:36

[show] 6 String Quartets, Op.33 “Russian”
1. B minor, Hob.III:37 2. E♭ major, Hob.III:38 (The Joke) 3. C major, Hob.III:39 (The Bird) 4. B♭ major, Hob.III:40 5. G major, Hob.III:41 (How do you do?) 6. D major, Hob.III:42

String Quartet in D minor, Hob.III:43

[show] 6 String Quartets, Op.50 “Prussian”
1. B♭ major, Hob.III:44 2. C major, Hob.III:45 3. E♭ major, Hob.III:46 4. F♯ minor, Hob.III:47 5. F major, Hob.III:48 (Dream) 6. D major, Hob.III:49 (La grenouille)

String Quartet, Op.51 (Seven Last Words of Christ)

[show] 3 String Quartets, Op.54 “Tost I”
1. G major, Hob.III:58 2. C major, Hob.III:57 3. E major, Hob.III:59

[show] 3 String Quartets, Op.55 “Tost II”
1. A major, Hob.III:60 2. F minor, Hob.III:61 (The Razor) 3. B♭ major, Hob.III:62

[show] 6 String Quartets, Op.64 “Tost III”
1. C major, Hob.III:65 2. B minor, Hob.III:68 3. B♭ major, Hob.III:67 4. G major, Hob.III:66 5. D major, Hob.III:63 6. E♭ major, Hob.III:64

[show] 3 String Quartets, Op.71 “Apponyi”
1. B♭ major, Hob.III:69 2. D major, Hob.III:70 3. E♭ major, Hob.III:71

[show] 3 String Quartets, Op.74 “Apponyi”
1. C major, Hob.III:72 2. F major, Hob.III:73 3. G minor, Hob.III:74 (The Horseman)

[show] 6 String Quartets, Op.76 “Erdody”
1. G major, Hob.III:75 2. D minor, Hob.III:76 (The Fifths) 3. C major, Hob.III:77 (Emperor) 4. B♭ major, Hob.III:78 (Sunrise) 5. D major, Hob.III:79 6. E♭ major, Hob.III:80

[show] 2 String Quartets, Op.77 “Lobkowitz”
1. G major, Hob.III:81 2. F major, Hob.III:82

String Quartet in D minor, Hob.III:83 (incomplete)

Divertimento in D major, Hob.III:D3

String Quartet in B-flat major, Hob.III:44 (Haydn, Joseph)

Contents

Performances

Recordings

Naxos

Sheet Music

Scores

Parts

Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (Clements)

For Piano (Berens)

For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

Adagio non lento (No.2)

For Cello and Piano (Lamoury)

For 2 Guitars (Tárrega)

For Piano (Bretón)

Braille Scores

General Information

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