String Quartets, Op. 64 (Haydn) Explained

Joseph Haydn's String Quartets, Op. 64, is a set of six string quartets composed in 1790. Along with six earlier quartets published under the opus numbers 54 and 55, they are known as the Tost quartets, after the Hungarian violinist and later merchant Johann Tost who helped Haydn find a publisher for the works. Unlike the earlier quartets, Haydn actually dedicated the Op. 64 set to Tost in gratitude for his efforts.

List of Opus 64 quartets

• Quartet No. 48 in C major, Op. 64, No. 1, FHE No. 31, Hoboken No. III:65
  1. Allegro moderato
     

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• 1. Menuetto: Allegretto ma non troppo
     

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• 1. Allegretto scherzando
     

\relative c'

• 1. Finale: Presto
     

\relative c

• Quartet No. 49 in B minor, Op. 64, No. 2, FHE No. 32, Hoboken No. III:68
  1. Allegro spiritoso
     

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• 1. Adagio ma non troppo
     

\relative fis

• 1. Menuetto: Allegretto
     

\relative fis'

• 1. Finale: Presto
     

\relative fis'

• Quartet No. 50 in B major, Op. 64, No. 3, FHE No. 33, Hoboken No. III:67
  1. Vivace assai
     \relative d
  2. Adagio
     

\relative bes'

• 1. Menuetto: Allegretto
     

\relative a

• 1. Finale: Allegro con spirito
     

\relative es

• Quartet No. 51 in G major, Op. 64, No. 4, FHE No. 34, Hoboken No. III:66
  1. Allegro con brio
     \relative b
  2. Menuetto: Allegretto
     \relative d
  3. Adagio: Cantabile e sostenuto
     \relative g'
  4. Finale: Presto
     \relative d'
• Quartet No. 53 in D major ("The Lark"), Op. 64, No. 5, FHE No. 35, Hoboken No. III:63

• 1. Allegro moderato
     

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• 1. Adagio cantabile
     \relative cis
  2. Menuetto: Allegretto
     \relative cis'
  3. Finale: Vivace
     \relative fis'
• Quartet No. 52 in E major, Op. 64, No. 6, FHE No. 36, Hoboken No. III:64
  1. Allegretto
     \relative es'
  2. Andante
     \relative bes
  3. Menuetto: Allegretto
     \relative c
  4. Finale: Presto
     \relative g'

References

NotesReferences

Sources

• Book: Grave. Floyd. Grave. Margaret G. The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn. 2006. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-517357-4.
• Book: Heitmann, Christin. String Quartets Book VIII Op. 64 (Second Tost Quartets). Fedor. Georg. Kirkendale. Warren. Saslav. Isidor. G.Henle Verlag. 2008. 979-0-2018-9212-2.
• Haydn: Tost III Quartets No. 1 - 3. Holman. Peter. Hyperion Records. CD. 1996a. CDA67011. 2018-01-11.
• Haydn: Tost III Quartets No. 4 - 6. Holman. Peter. Hyperion Records. CD. 1996b. CDA67012. 2018-01-11. none.

Further reading

• Web site: Program Note: Haydn Quartet, Op. 64, No. 3. Amory. Misha. Brentano String Quartet. 2018. 2018-01-12. none.
• Laghi. Simone. 2017. Italian String Quartets & Late Eighteenth-Century London: Publication & Production. With a Critical Edition of the Quartets Opp. 2 & 7 by Venanzio Raussini (1746-1810). PhD. Cardiff University. 2018-01-12. none.
• Book: Wigmore, Richard. Pocket Guide: Haydn. London. Faber & Faber Limited. 2009. 978-0-571-23412-7. none.