(Early String Quartets) Study Score
Series: Henle Study Scores
Publisher: Henle
Format: Softcover
Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn
Editor : Georg Feder
Editor : Gottfried Greiner
Composer : Joseph Haydn

The Weinzierl castle in Lower Austria, which still stands today, can be considered to be the birthplace of a chamber music genre, which is firmly established in our present-day repertoire. The young Haydn was invited to spend some time at this place by a wealthy musical friend and often met up with the steward at the castle, the castle priest and the cellist Anton Albrechtsberger to make music. Although his first two works for “2 violins, viola and bass” still have five movements, their musical value establishes the success of the string quartet in its own right.

Song List:

• Haydn: Appendix: 'Serenaden-Quartett' F major op. 3, 5 Hob. III:17 (now attributed to Roman Hofste
• Haydn: Quartet A major op. 2,1 Hob. III:7
• Haydn: Quartet B flat major op. 1, 1 Hob. III:1
• Haydn: Quartet B flat major op. 2,6 Hob. III:12
• Haydn: Quartet C major op. 1,6 Hob. III:6
• Haydn: Quartet D major op. 1,3 Hob. III:3
• Haydn: Quartet E flat major op. 1,2 Hob. III:2
• Haydn: Quartet E flat major op. 1,0 Hob. II:6
• Haydn: Quartet E major op. 2,2 Hob. III:8
• Haydn: Quartet F major op. 2,4 Hob. III:10
• Haydn: Quartet G major op. 1,4 Hob. III:4