5
String Quartet in D major, Op. 50 No. 6, Hob. III:49 ("The Frog")
Joseph Haydn · 1732–1809 · Austrian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as La grenouille
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 23 min
- Composed
- 1787
- Era
- Classical
Notes
Finale's bariolage on two strings gives the croaking nickname
About this work
- Composed
- 1787
- Dedicated to
- Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Prussia
- Allegro
- Poco adagio
- Minuet. Allegretto - Trio
- Finale. Allegro con spirito
Also in Six String Quartets, Op. 50 ("Prussian")
String Quartet in F major, Op. 50 No. 5, Hob. III:48 ("Dream")
2 violins, viola, cello
17 min
5violin 1
A step before · level 4
String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 33 No. 2, Hob. III:38 ("The Joke")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
18 min
4violin 1
String Quartet in C major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 ("The Bird")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
19 min
4violin 1
A step after · level 6
String Quartet in D major, Op. 64 No. 5, Hob. III:63 ("The Lark")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
18 min
6violin 1
More chamber music by Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74 No. 3, Hob. III:74 ("The Rider")
2 violins, viola, cello
20 min
5violin 1
String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3, Hob. III:77 ("Emperor")
2 violins, viola, cello
26 min
5violin 1