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Haydn String Quartets Volume 6 Opus 42 and Opus 50 (Prussian Quartets)
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Publisher: Henle Verlag
Instrument: Mixed
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Haydn String Quartets Volume 6 Opus 42 and Opus 50 (Prussian Quartets)
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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.