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String quartet

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...

s by Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...

, including the number they are given in Anthony van Hoboken

Anthony van Hoboken

Anthony van Hoboken was a collector and musicologist. He was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and died in Zürich, Switzerland.Hoboken trained as an engineer in Delft, before studying music in Frankfurt and Vienna...

's catalogue

Hoboken-Verzeichnis

The Hoboken-Verzeichnis is the catalogue of over 750 works by Joseph Haydn as compiled by Anthony van Hoboken.Unlike Ludwig von Köchel's catalogue of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's works, or Otto Erich Deutsch's catalogue of Franz Schubert's works, which are both arranged chronologically by date of...

 of his works. "FHE" stands for "First Haydn Edition."

Opus 1 (1762-64)

• Quartet No. 1 in B major, Op. 1, No. 1, FHE No. 52, Hoboken No. III:1
• Quartet No. 2 in E major, Op. 1, No. 2, FHE No. 53, Hoboken No. III:2
• Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 1, No. 3, FHE No. 54, Hoboken No. III:3
• Quartet No. 4 in G major, Op. 1, No. 4, FHE No. 55, Hoboken No. III:4
• Quartet No. 5 in E major, Op. 1, No. 0, Hoboken No. II:6 (also referenced as Opus 0)
• Quartet in E major, Op. 1, No. 5, FHE No. 56, Hoboken No. III:5 (later found to be the Symphony A
  Symphony A (Haydn)
  Joseph Haydn's Symphony 'A' in B-flat major, Hoboken I/107, was written between 1757 and 1760. It is not in the usual numbering scheme for Haydn symphonies because it was originally thought to be a string quartet and was catalogued as Hob. III/5....
  
  , Hob. I/107)
• Quartet No. 6 in C major, Op. 1, No. 6, FHE No. 57, Hoboken No. III:6

Opus 2 (1763-65)

• Quartet No. 7 in A major, Op. 2, No. 1, FHE No. 58, Hoboken No. III:7
• Quartet No. 8 in E major, Op. 2, No. 2, FHE No. 59, Hoboken No. III:8
• Quartet in E major, Op. 2, No. 3, FHE No. 60 (arrangement of Cassation
  Cassation (Music)
  Cassation is a minor form consisting of a suite of 18th century short musical works, usually played outside , and almost always beginning with a march. These suites could have up to seven movements.Haydn, Mozart and Dittersdorf all wrote in this form....
  
   in E-flat major, Hob. II:21), Hoboken No. III:9
• Quartet No. 9 in F major, Op. 2, No. 4, FHE No. 61, Hoboken No. III:10
• Quartet in D major, Op. 2, No. 5, FHE No. 62 (arrangement of Cassation in D major, Hob. II:22), Hoboken No. III:11
• Quartet No. 10 in B major, Op. 2, No. 6, FHE No. 63, Hoboken No. III:12

Opus 3 (spurious)

This set of quartets is now commonly attributed to Romanus Hoffstetter

Roman Hoffstetter

Roman Hoffstetter was a classical composer and Benedictine monk who also admired Joseph Haydn almost to the point of imitation...

.

• Quartet in E major, Op. 3, No. 1, FHE No. 64 (spurious), Hoboken No. III:13
• Quartet in C major, Op. 3, No. 2, FHE No. 65 (spurious), Hoboken No. III:14
• Quartet in G major, Op. 3, No. 3, FHE No. 66 (spurious), Hoboken No. III:15
• Quartet in B major, Op. 3, No. 4, FHE No. 67 (spurious), Hoboken No. III:16
• Quartet in F major, Op. 3, No. 5, FHE No. 68 (spurious), Hoboken No. III:17
• Quartet in A major, Op. 3, No. 6, FHE No. 69 (spurious), Hoboken No. III:18

Opus 9 (1771)

• Quartet No. 11 in D minor, Op. 9, No. 4, FHE No. 16, Hoboken No. III:22
• Quartet No. 12 in C major, Op. 9, No. 1, FHE No. 7, Hoboken No. III:19
• Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 9, No. 3, FHE No. 9, Hoboken No. III:21
• Quartet No. 14 in E major, Op. 9, No. 2, FHE No. 8, Hoboken No. III:20
• Quartet No. 15 in B major, Op. 9, No. 5, FHE No. 17, Hoboken No. III:23
• Quartet No. 16 in A major, Op. 9, No. 6, FHE No. 18, Hoboken No. III:24

Opus 17 (1771)

• Quartet No. 17 in F major, Op. 17, No. 2, FHE No. 2, Hoboken No. III:26
• Quartet No. 18 in E major, Op. 17, No. 1, FHE No. 1, Hoboken No. III:25
• Quartet No. 19 in C minor, Op. 17, No. 4, FHE No. 4, Hoboken No. III:28
• Quartet No. 20 in D major, Op. 17, No. 6, FHE No. 6, Hoboken No. III:30
• Quartet No. 21 In E major, Op. 17, No. 3, FHE No. 3, Hoboken No. III:27
• Quartet No. 22 in G major, Op. 17, No. 5, FHE No. 5, Hoboken No. III:29

Opus 20, the "Sun" quartets (1772)

String Quartets, Op. 20 (Haydn)

The six string quartets opus 20 by Joseph Haydn are among the works that earned Haydn the sobriquet "the father of the string quartet." The quartets are considered a milestone in the history of composition; in them, Haydn develops compositional techniques that were to define the medium for the next...

• Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5, FHE No. 47, Hoboken No. III:35
• Quartet No. 24 in A major, Op. 20, No. 6, FHE No. 48, Hoboken No. III:36
• Quartet No. 25 in C major, Op. 20, No. 2, FHE No. 44, Hoboken No. III:32
• Quartet No. 26 in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3, FHE No. 45, Hoboken No. III:33
• Quartet No. 27 in D major, Op. 20, No. 4, FHE No. 46, Hoboken No. III:34
• Quartet No. 28 in E major, Op. 20, No. 1, FHE No. 43, Hoboken No. III:31

Opus 33, the "Russian" quartets (1781)

String Quartets, Op. 33 (Haydn)

The Op. 33 String Quartets were written by Joseph Haydn in the summer and Autumn of 1781 for the Viennese publisher Artaria. This set of quartets has several nicknames, the most common of which is the "Russian" quartets, because Haydn dedicated the quartets to the Grand Duke Paul of Russia and...

• Quartet No. 29 in G major ("How Do You Do?"), Op. 33, No. 5, FHE No. 74, Hoboken No. III:41
• Quartet No. 30 in E major ("The Joke"), Op. 33, No. 2, FHE No. 71, Hoboken No. III:38
• Quartet No. 31 in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1, FHE No. 70, Hoboken No. III:37
• Quartet No. 32 in C major ("The Bird"), Op. 33, No. 3, FHE No. 72, Hoboken No. III:39
• Quartet No. 33 in D major, Op. 33, No. 6, FHE No. 75, Hoboken No. III:42
• Quartet No. 34 in B major, Op. 33, No. 4, FHE No. 73, Hoboken No. III:40

Opus 50, the "Prussian" quartets (1787)

• Quartet No. 36 in B major, Op. 50, No. 1, FHE No. 10, Hoboken No. III:44
• Quartet No. 37 in C major, Op. 50, No. 2, FHE No. 11, Hoboken No. III:45
• Quartet No. 38 in E major, Op. 50, No. 3, FHE No. 12, Hoboken No. III:46
• Quartet No. 39 in F minor, Op. 50, No. 4, FHE No. 25, Hoboken No. III:47
• Quartet No. 40 in F major ("Dream"), Op. 50, No. 5, FHE No. 26, Hoboken No. III:48
• Quartet No. 41 in D major ("The Frog"), Op. 50, No. 6, FHE No. 27, Hoboken No. III:49

Opus 51 (1787)

• The Seven Last Words of Christ
  The Seven Last Words of Christ
  The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour On the Cross is an orchestral work by Joseph Haydn, commissioned in 1785 or 1786 for the Good Friday service at Cádiz Cathedral in Spain...
  
  , Op. 51 (transcription of work originally written for orchestra), Hoboken No. III:50-56

Opus 54, 55, the "Tost" quartets, sets I & II (1788)

Named after Johann Tost, a violinist in the Esterhazy orchestra from 1783-89.

• Quartet No. 42 in C major, Op. 54, No. 2, FHE No. 20, Hoboken No. III:57
• Quartet No. 43 in G major, Op. 54, No. 1, FHE No. 19, Hoboken No. III:58
• Quartet No. 44 in E major, Op. 54, No. 3, FHE No. 21, Hoboken No. III:59
• Quartet No. 45 in A major, Op. 55, No. 1, FHE No. 22, Hoboken No. III:60
• Quartet No. 46 in F minor ("Razor"), Op. 55, No. 2, FHE No. 23, Hoboken No. III:61
• Quartet No. 47 in B major, Op. 55, No. 3, FHE No. 24, Hoboken No. III:62

Opus 64, the "Tost" quartets, set III (1790)

• Quartet No. 48 in C major, Op. 64, No. 1, FHE No. 31, Hoboken No. III:65
• Quartet No. 49 in B minor, Op. 64, No. 2, FHE No. 32, Hoboken No. III:68
• Quartet No. 50 in B major, Op. 64, No. 3, FHE No. 33, Hoboken No. III:67
• Quartet No. 51 in G major, Op. 64, No. 4, FHE No. 34, Hoboken No. III:66
• Quartet No. 52 in E major, Op. 64, No. 6, FHE No. 36, Hoboken No. III:64
• Quartet No. 53 in D major ("The Lark"), Op. 64, No. 5, FHE No. 35, Hoboken No. III:63

Opus 71, 74, the "Apponyi" quartets (1793)

Count Anton Georg Apponyi, a relative of Haydn’s patrons, paid 100 ducats for the privilege of having these quartets publicly dedicated to him.

• Quartet No. 54 in B major, Op. 71, No. 1, FHE No. 37, Hoboken No. III:69
• Quartet No. 55 in D major, Op. 71, No. 2, FHE No. 38, Hoboken No. III:70
• Quartet No. 56 in E major, Op. 71, No. 3, FHE No. 39, Hoboken No. III:71
• Quartet No. 57 in C major, Op. 74, No. 1, FHE No. 28, Hoboken No. III:72
• Quartet No. 58 in F major, Op. 74, No. 2, FHE No. 29, Hoboken No. III:73
• Quartet No. 59 in G minor ("Rider"), Op. 74, No. 3, FHE No. 30, Hoboken No. III:74

Opus 76, the "Erdödy" quartets (1796–1797)

String Quartets, Op. 76 (Haydn)

Joseph Haydn's string quartets, Op. 76 were composed in 1796 or 1797 and dedicated to the Hungarian Count Joseph Erdödy. The six quartets are the last complete set that Haydn composed...

• Quartet No. 60 in G major, Op. 76, No. 1, FHE No. 40, Hoboken No. III:75
• Quartet No. 61 in D minor ("Quinten", "Fifths", "The Donkey"), Op. 76, No. 2, FHE No. 41, Hoboken No. III:76
• Quartet No. 62 in C major ("Emperor" or "Kaiser"), Op. 76, No. 3, FHE No. 42, Hoboken No. III:77
• Quartet No. 63 in B major ("Sunrise"), Op. 76, No. 4, FHE No. 49, Hoboken No. III:78
• Quartet No. 64 in D major ("Largo"), Op. 76, No. 5, FHE No. 50, Hoboken No. III:79
• Quartet No. 65 in E major, Op. 76, No. 6, FHE No. 51, Hoboken No. III:80

Opus 77, the "Lobkowitz" quartets (1799)

• Quartet No. 66 in G major, Op. 77, No. 1, FHE No. 13, Hoboken No. III:81
• Quartet No. 67 in F major, Op. 77, No. 2, FHE No. 14, Hoboken No. III:82