String Quartet in C major, Op. 50 No. 2, Hob. III:45

Joseph Haydn · 1732–1809 · Austrian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 22 min
Composed: 1787
Era: Classical

Notes

Prussian set for the cellist king; prominent cello passages

About this work

Composed: 1787
Dedicated to: Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Prussia

Vivace
Adagio cantible
Minuet - Trio
Finale. Vivace assai

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