String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 33 No. 2, Hob. III:38 ("The Joke")

Joseph Haydn · 1732–1809 · Austrian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 18 min
Composed: 1781
Era: Classical

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Witty finale with false endings; violin 1 leads, lower parts moderate

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