String Quartet in E-flat major, Hob.III:38 (Haydn, Joseph)

Incipit 4 movements:
1. \relative {\clef treble \key es \major \time 4/4 \tempo "Alllegro moderato, cantabile" \partial 8 bes16( \mf es) | es2 bes'4.( as16 f) | es8-. g-. bes-. es16( bes) bes4.( b8) | c2 as4.( f16 d) | es8-. g-. bes-. as16( f) es4 r8}
2. \relative {\clef treble \key es \major \time 3/4 \tempo "Scherzo. Allegro" \partial 4 d''8( \f es) | <g,, es'>4 <g es'> d''8( es) | <as,, f'>4 <as f'> b'8( c) | <bes, f'>4 <bes f'> <bes f'> | <bes f'>2}
3. \relative {\clef alto \key bes \major \time 3/4 \tempo "Largo sostenuto" f'4( -"dolce" g) f8.( bes16) | f4( es4 \trill \grace {d16 es)} d4 | c( es) d8.( c16) | c2 r4}
4. \relative {\clef treble \key es \major \time 6/8 \tempo "Finale. Presto" \partial 8 g''8 \p | g4( as8) f-. g-. as-. | bes( g) es-. es r f | f4 g8 es-. d-. c-. | bes( a) bes-. bes}
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1781
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For flute, violin, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 4 players (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#888359 - 8.50MB, 35 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 40×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Publisher. Info. Mannheim: K. Ferd. Heckel, n.d.[1855]. Plate 754.
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Misc. Notes Extracted from Joseph Haydn's Quartetten (Haydn, Joseph). From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): A47
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 Complete Score
#479301 - 0.92MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 441×⇩ - IS

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Editor Andreas Moser (1859–1925)
Hugo Dechert (1860–1923)
Publisher. Info. 30 berühmte Quartette No.11
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d.
Reprinted Moscow: Muzyka, 1968. Plate 5986.
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Misc. Notes Parts were reprinted Peters, scores from Eulenburg. Peters never issued scores but simply reissued Eulenburg under their own imprint. Order changed in Muzgiz reprint from the original edition.
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 Complete Score
#05278 - 3.23MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V*/V* - 28803×⇩ - Nerd011235

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Editor Wilhelm Altmann (1862–1951)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, No. 165, n.d.(ca.1930). Plate E.E. 1152.
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications, 1985.
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Parts

 Violin 1
#455459 - 0.36MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 239×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#455460 - 1.10MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 143×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#455461 - 0.53MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 135×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#455462 - 0.46MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 144×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Sieber, n.d.(1783?).
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 Violin 1
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 Violin 2
#475759 - 0.27MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 39×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#475760 - 0.26MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 30×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#475761 - 0.37MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 35×⇩ - IS

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 Color Cover
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Publisher. Info. London: Wm. Forster, n.d.[1785]. Plate 47. (No.2)
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Misc. Notes University of Western Ontario Music Library (CDN-Lu): RISM A/I: H 3480
From the Drs. Whitby Music Collection at the University of Western Ontario.
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 Violin 1
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 Viola
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 Cello
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 Gray Cover
#475786 - 0.09MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 43×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. Amsterdam: J. Schmitt, n.d.(ca.1789). (Vol.1, No.1)
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Misc. Notes University of Western Ontario Music Library (CDN-Lu): RISM A/I: H 3487
From the Drs. Whitby Music Collection at the University of Western Ontario.
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 Violin 1
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 Viola
#477390 - 0.45MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 20×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#477391 - 0.41MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 22×⇩ - IS

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 Color Cover
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Engraver Charles-Nicholas Richomme (fl.1776-1827)
Publisher. Info. Collection complète des quatuors, No.38
Paris: I. Pleyel, n.d.[1820]. Plate 715.
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 Violin 1
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 Viola
#477395 - 0.21MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 23×⇩ - 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.38
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
#478203 - 0.40MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 107×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#478204 - 0.27MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 54×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#478205 - 0.21MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 60×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#478206 - 0.18MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 62×⇩ - IS

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 Color Cover
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Publisher. Info. A Complete Collection of Haydn's Quartetts, No.38
London: Collard & Collard, n.d.(1830-34).
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 Violin 1
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 Violin 2
#39670 - 0.34MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4132×⇩ - Peter

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 Viola
#39671 - 0.28MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4031×⇩ - Peter

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 Cello
#39672 - 0.25MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4133×⇩ - Peter

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Editor Reinhold Jockisch (1848–1906)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Kistner, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate 9667.
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 Violin 1
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 Violin 2
#479376 - 0.33MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 175×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#479377 - 0.26MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 169×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
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 Cover
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Editor Andreas Moser (1859–1925)
Hugo Dechert (1860–1923)
Publisher. Info. 30 berühmte Quartette No.11
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d.
Reprinted Moscow: Muzyka, 1968. Plate 6425.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Parts were reprinted Peters, scores from Eulenburg. Peters never issued scores but simply reissued Eulenburg under their own imprint. Order changed in Muzgiz reprint from the original edition.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello (Tuttle)

 Complete Score
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 Violin
#1002408 - 0.18MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Viola
#1002409 - 0.14MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Cello
#1002410 - 0.13MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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Arranger Marshall Tuttle
Publisher. Info. Marshall Tuttle
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
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 Piano 2
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Arranger Gaylon Babcock
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Misc. Notes each part designed to be printed front and back
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For Piano (Kraus)

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Arranger Christian Kraus (b. 1980)
Publisher. Info. Christian Kraus, 2022.
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Scherzando (No.2)

For Piano (Decombes)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Émile Decombes (1829–1912)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand, n.d.[1872]. Plate D.S. et Cie 1349.
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Misc. Notes à Madame Massart

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Largo sostenuto (No.3)

For Organ (Best)

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Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.3 (pp.609-611)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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Presto (No.4)

For 3 Violins (Grünwald)
See: Violin-Terzette, Vol.1 (No.14)

Braille Scores

 Complete Score
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Editor Steve Gardiner
Publisher. Info. Steve Gardiner, 2023.
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Misc. Notes Braille score in bar-over-bar format, 38 cells per line, 27 lines per page.
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet in E-flat major
Alternative. Title String Quartet No.38 ; "Russian Quartet No.2, The Joke"
Name Translations 弦楽四重奏曲第38番 (ハイドン); 30. Streichquartett; String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 33 no. 2, Hob. III:38 “The Joke”
Name Aliases Streichquartett Nr. 30; Streichquartett op. 33 Nr. 2; Der Scherz; String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 2; FHE No. 71; Hob. III. 38; The Joke; String Quartet No. 30
Authorities WorldCat; VIAF: 179927693
Composer Haydn, Joseph
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Hob.III:38 ; Op.33 No.2
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJH 446
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro moderato (E♭ major)
  2. Scherzando. Allegro - Trio (E♭ major)
  3. Largo sostenuto (B♭ major)
  4. Finale. Presto (E♭ major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1781
First Publication. 1782 in String Quartets, Op.33 (No.2)
Dedication Russian Grand Duke Paul
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
Discography MusicBrainz
External Links Earsense page
Wikipedia article (complete Op.33)

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