String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 55/3, Hob.III:62

String Quartets Book V op. 33-Edited by George Feder and Sonja Gerlach. String Quartet (Russian Quartet) b minor op. 33 1 Hob. III:37 String Quartet (Russian Quartet) E flat major op. 33 2 Hob.III:38 String Quartet (Bird Quartet) C major op. 33 3 Hob. III:39 String Quartet (Russian Quartet) B flat major op. 33 4 Hob. III:40 String Quartet(Russian Quartet) G major op. 33 5 Hob. III:41 String Quartet (Russian Quartet) D major op. 33 6 Hob. III:42

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'

Appony Quartets-Joseph Haydn composed the string quartets known as Op.71/74 also called the 'Apponyi' Quartets in 1793. The composer dated the autograph scores accordingly although the year that appears on those of the B flat major and D majorquartets shows signs of having been corrected. These two works might already have been finished in 1792. However it is certain that Op.71/74 were composed in Vienna during the period between Haydn's two journeys to England andintended as a series of six quartets.The decision to divide the quartets into two sets of three was taken by the publishers. The three Quartets Op.71 were first published in 1795 by Corri Dussek & Co. then in a slightlyrevised reprint by the Viennese publishing house of Artaria & Co.

Quartet No. 1 in G Major, K.80 Quartet No. 2 in D Major, K.155 Quartet No. 3 in G Major, K.156 Quartet No. 4 in C Major, K.157 Quartet No. 5 in F Major, K.158 Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, K.159 Quartet No. 7 in E-flat Major, K.160 Quartet No. 8 in F Major, K.168 Quartet No. 9 in A Major, K.169 Quartet No. 10 in C Major, K.170 Quartet No. 11 in E-flat Major, K.171 Quartet No. 12 in B-flat Major, K.172 Quartet No. 13 in D Minor, K.173 Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K.387 Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K.421 Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K.428 Quartet No. 17 in B-flat Major, K.458 Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K.464 Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K.465 Quartet No. 20 in D Major, K.499 Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K.575 Quartet No. 22 in B-flat Major, K.589 Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K.590