String Quartets, Opp. 42, 50 and 54 (Dover Chamber Music Scores)

String Quartets, Opp. 42, 50 and 54 (Dover Chamber Music Scores)

<div>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."<br>This volume contains the full scores of:<br>Op. 42, in D minor (composed in 1785)<br>Op. 50, Nos. 1€“6 ("Prussian Quartets," composed in 1787 and dedicated to the Prussian King Friederich Wilhelm II)<br>Op. 54, Nos. 1€“3 (First set of "Tost Quartets" composed c.1788 and dedicated to the merchant Johann Tost)<br>Large, readable noteheads, ample margins for notations, opaque paper and permanent binding make this a fundamental addition to music libraries and musicians' repertories.</div>