String Quartets, Op.55 (Haydn, Joseph)

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Publisher. Info. Mannheim: K. Ferd. Heckel, n.d.[1855]. Plate 756.
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Misc. Notes Extracted from Joseph Haydn's Quartetten (Haydn, Joseph). From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): A49
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Editor Wilhelm Altmann (1862–1951)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, No.143, n.d.(ca.1930). Plate E.E. 1196, 1290, 1243.
Reprinted Twelve String Quartets, Opp.55, 64 and 71
New York: Dover Publications, 1980.
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Misc. Notes Page 68 (second page of the last movement of No.3) is missing.
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Editor Notenschreiber
Publisher. Info. Notenschreiber
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Misc. Notes Not from the Gutenberg project, but engraved with Sibelius
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos (Babcock)
Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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Misc. Notes each part designed to be printed front and back
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General Information

Work Title String Quartets
Alternative. Title The Tost II Quartets
Composer Haydn, Joseph
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.55 ; Hob.III:60-62
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 quartets:
  1. String Quartet in A major, Hob.III:60
  2. String Quartet in F minor, Hob.III:61 (The Razor)
  3. String Quartet in B-flat major, Hob.III:62
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1788
First Publication. 1789 - Paris: Sieber (RISM A/I: H 3513)
Dedication JJohann Tost
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
External Links Wikipedia article (French)

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