String Quartets, Opp. 42, 50 and 54

by Joseph Haydn

Book Overview

Over a 50-year period, Haydn composed more than 80 string quartets featuring a range and variety of structural invention exceeded only by Beethoven's works. In this volume, the composer's mastery of the form is strikingly evident, particularly in the six popular and much-recorded "Prussian Quartets."
This volume contains the full scores of:
Op. 42, in D minor (composed in 1785)
Op. 50, Nos. 1-6 ("Prussian Quartets," composed in 1787 and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486242625
• ISBN13: 9780486242620
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 11.2"