String Quartets, Op.55 (Haydn, Joseph)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 quartets
Composition Year	1788
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Scores

Complete Score
*#892054 - 26.43MB, 111 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 13×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Publisher. Info.	Mannheim: K. Ferd. Heckel, n.d.[1855]. Plate 756.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Extracted from Joseph Haydn's Quartetten (Haydn, Joseph). From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): A49
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Complete Score
*#455181 - 11.80MB, 75 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V*/V* - 347×⇩ - IS

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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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Incomplete Score (missing page 68)
*#415978 - 0.02MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 905×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Parts

Violin 1
*#106768 - 1.52MB, 16 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1479×⇩ - Massenetique

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Violin 2
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Viola
*#106770 - 1.11MB, 12 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 690×⇩ - Massenetique

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Cello
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Publisher. Info.	Quatuors pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle, No.60-62 Braunschweig: Collection Litolff, n.d.[1870]. Plate 8517.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

Piano 1
*#853858 - 0.59MB, 56 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 37×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Piano 2
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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
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 quartets: String Quartet in A major, Hob.III:60 String Quartet in F minor, Hob.III:61 (The Razor) 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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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

String Quartets, Op.55 (Haydn, Joseph)

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