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Haydn: String Quartets Book VI, Op. 42 and 50

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  • Composer: Joseph Haydn
  • Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
  • Publisher Code: HN210
  • Instrumentation: 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello
  • Format: Chamber Parts
  • Binding: Softcover
  • Pages: 198

The volume opens with something unusual: opus 42 is a single work, short and surprisingly easy to play; Haydn described it as "something small and with only 3 pieces". The Quartets op. 50, including the so-called Frog Quartet, are dedicated to the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm II, who was a talented cellist. Even though the "solo" at the beginning of opus 50,1 is meant as joke, there are some good passages for cellists.