String Quartets, Op. 17, Complete

by Haydn, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780486413945
• ISBN10: 0486413942
• Edition: Unabridged
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-09-19
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

In the course of a 50-year period, Haydn composed some 80 string quartets, whose range and variety of structural invention rank second only to those of Beethoven. This fine new anthology consists of the six pieces known collectively as Op. 17: String Quartet in E Major, Op. 17, No. 1; String Quartet in F Major, Op. 17, No. 2; String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 17, No. 3, and three other pieces.

Author Biography

Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), one of the most prolific and prominent musicians of the Classical era, wrote in every genre. Friend to Mozart and teacher of Beethoven, he standardized the four-movement structure of the quartet, the form for which he is best known.

Table of Contents

String Quartet in E Major, Op. 17, No. 1 (Hob. III: Nr. 25)	1	(22)
Moderato	1	(7)
Menuetto: Allegretto	8	(2)
Adagio	10	(6)
Presto	16	(7)
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 17, No. 2 (Hob. III: Nr. 26)	23	(22)
Moderato	23	(8)
Menuetto: Allegretto	31	(2)
Adagio	33	(5)
Allegro di molto	38	(7)
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 17, No. 3 (Hob. III: Nr. 27)	45	(18)
[Theme and Variations]: Andante grazioso	45	(6)
Menuetto: Allegretto	51	(3)
Adagio	54	(4)
Allegro Molto	58	(5)
String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (Hob. III: Nr. 28)	63	(22)
Moderato	63	(7)
Menuetto	70	(2)
Adagio cantabile	72	(6)
Allegro	78	(7)
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 17, No. 5 (Hob. III: Nr. 29)	85	(16)
Moderato	85	(7)
Menuetto	92	(2)
Adagio	94	(3)
Presto	97	(4)
String Quartet in D Major, Op. 17, No. 6 (Hob. III: Nr. 30)	101
Presto	101	(8)
Menuetto	109	(2)
Largo	111	(5)
Presto	116