HAYDN String Quartet in D minor, 'Fifths'/'The Bell'/''The Donkey,' op. 76, no. 2, HobIII:76

Volume 1 of the complete edition of Joseph Haydn's String Quartets. Set of parts. Edited by Moser.14 Famous Quartets: Op.9 No.2; Op.17 No.5; Op.50 No.6; Op.54 Nos.1 2 3; Op.64 Nos.2 3 4; Op.74 Nos.1 2 3; Op.77 Nos.1 2

This collection of ten compositions for string quartet by Mozart includes six pieces dedicated to Joseph Haydn and three pieces composed for the king of Prussia. The King of Prussia for whom Mozart composed some of these quartets for was by all accounts a Cellist of no mean ability; especially if one may judge by these works whose Cello parts are elaborate and demanding often soaring into the upper ranges leaving the viola to take up its momentarily abandoned role as bass instrument! Works include String Quartet No. 14 in G major K387 'Spring' String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K421 String Quartet No. 16 in E flat K428 String Quartet No. 17 inB flat major K458 'The Hunt' String Quartet No. 18 in A Major K464 'Drum' String Quartet No. 19 in C major K465 'Dissonance' String Quartet No. 20 in D major K499 'Hoffmeister' String Quartet No. 21 in D major K575 'Prussian No. 1' String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major K589 'Prussian No. 2' and String Quartet No. 23 in F Major K590 'Prussian No. 3'

The string quartet is generally considered as the chamber-music genre of the classical era: invented by Haydn elaborated by Haydn and Mozart and brought to its compositional peak by Beethoven. All later quartet composers had to measure themselves against the works of these three masters. This applies first and foremost toMendelssohn who has always been called a “classical romantic.” His Quartet in a minor op. 13 in particular is said to have strong Beethovenian stylistic traits. It was composed in late summer and fall 1827 shortly after Beethoven’s late quartets appeared in print works that Mendelssohn was no doubt familiar with. The Quartet in E flat major op. 12 was written two years later during Mendelssohn’s first tour of England.A textually identical score of the two quartets is published in Henle’s Study Scores series (HN 9270).

Set of parts for Franz Joseph Haydn's Complete String Quartets Vol. 3 composed for String quartet. Includes the works Op. 9 No. 1 in C major Op. 9 No. 3 in G major Op. 9 No. 4 in D minor Op. 9 No. 5 in B flat major Op. 9 No. 6 in A major Op. 17 No. 1 in E major Op. 17 No. 2 in F major and more.