String Quartets, Op.1 (Haydn, Joseph)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	6 quartets
Composition Year	1757-62 ca.
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For strings; Scores featuring string ensemble

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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Quatuors pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle, No.58-63 Berlin: Trautwein, n.d.[1840-45]. Plate 851-54, 856-57.
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Violin 1
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Violin 2
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Viola
*#472380 - 2.07MB, 16 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 130×⇩ - Carolus

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Cello
*#472381 - 2.06MB, 16 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 146×⇩ - Carolus

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Publisher. Info.	London: Longman & Broderip, n.d.(after 1782).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	University of Western Ontario Music Library (CDN-Lu): RISM A/I: H 3439 From the Drs. Whitby Music Collection at the University of Western Ontario. Contains Divertimento Hob.II:6 and "Op.1" Nos.6, 1, 2, 3, 4.
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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: Preston & Son, n.d.[1789-98].
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Contains Divertimento Hob.II:6 and "Op.1" Nos.6, 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Nos.1-3: Complete Parts
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Nos.4-6: Complete Parts
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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1890).
Reprinted	London: Merton Music, No.4526-27, 2002.
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General Information

Work Title	String Quartets
Alternative. Title
Composer	Haydn, Joseph
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.1 ; Hob.III:1–6
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	6 quartets String Quartet in B-flat major, Hob.III:1 (La chasse) String Quartet in E-flat major, Hob.III:2 String Quartet in D major, Hob.III:3 String Quartet in G major, Hob.III:4 String Quartet in B-flat major, Hob.III:5 String Quartet in C major, Hob.III:6
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1757-62 ca.
First Publication.	1764-68 ca. See discussion
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Classical
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	2 violins, viola, cello
Extra Information	For precise composition/publication dates and other details, see (pp.137-55)

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String Quartets by Joseph Haydn (Hob. III)

String Quartet in E♭ major, Hob.II:6

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

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

6 String Quartets, Op.3

Actually by Roman Hoffstetter though in Hoboken’s catalogue

1. E major, Hob.III:13

2. C major, Hob.III:14

3. G major, Hob.III:15

4. B♭ major, Hob.III:16

5. F major, Hob.III:17

6. A major, Hob.III:18

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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