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The six String Quartets, Op. 76, by Joseph Haydn were composed in 1797 or 1798 and dedicated to the Hungarian count Joseph Georg von Erdődy [n 1] (1754–1824). They form the last complete set of string quartets that Haydn composed.
The Kaiserquartett (Hob. III:77, Op. 76, No.3, English: Emperor Quartet), is a string quartet in C major by Joseph Haydn. The Kaiserquartett is the third of the six String Quartets, Op. 76, which Haydn composed in 1797 at the age of 65 after his return from London and dedicated to Count Erdődy.
Joseph Haydn wrote sixty-eight string quartets. (The number was previously thought to be eighty-three, but this includes some arrangements and spurious works.) They are usually referred to by their opus numbers, not Anthony van Hoboken's catalogue numbers or their publication order in the First Haydn Edition (FHE).
The finished quartet, now often called the "Emperor" quartet, was published as the third of the Opus 76 quartets, dedicated to Count Erdödy. [5] It is perhaps Haydn's most famous work in this genre. The last version Haydn wrote was a piano reduction of the quartet movement, [5] published by Artaria in 1799. [6]
Apponyi Quartets, Op. 74, No. 1 III:73 String Quartet No. 58 F major 1793 Apponyi Quartets, Op. 74, No. 2 III:74 String Quartet No. 59 Rider: G minor 1793 Apponyi Quartets, Op. 74, No. 3 III:75 String Quartet No. 60 Jack-in-the-box: G major 1796–97 Erdödy Quartets, Op. 76, No. 1 III:76 String Quartet No. 61 Fifths: D minor 1796–97 Erdödy ...
Masses nos. 9–14 form a group: each was composed by Haydn for the Esterházy family, to celebrate the name day (12 September) of Princess Maria Hermenegild, the wife of Prince Nikolaus II and a friend of the composer. [2] The composition of these masses was Haydn's principal duty to his old employers at this time of his career.
The String Quartets, Op. 3 are a set of six string quartets published under Joseph Haydn's name by the French music publisher Bailleux in 1777 and subsequently reprinted in 1801 by Maison Pleyel as part of a series of the complete Haydn string quartets. [1] Long held to be by Haydn, the works had troubled musicologists as they seemed out of ...
The musicologist Cliff Eisen contextualizes the op. 20 quartets as follows: "Haydn's quartets of the late 1760s and early 1770s [opp. 9, 17 and 20] are high points in the early history of the quartet. Characterized by a wide range of textures, frequent asymmetries and theatrical gestures...these quartets established the genre's four-movement ...