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The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50–56
Joseph Haydn · 1732–1809 · Austrian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze · Seven Last Words of Christ · The Seven Last Words (version for string quartet)
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 56 min
- Composed
- 1787
- Era
- Classical
Notes
Haydn's 1787 quartet version of the orchestral work: introduction, seven slow sonatas, earthquake
About this work
- Composed
- 1785
- First performed
- 14 February 1787
- Introduzione: Adagio
- Sonata 1: Largo
- Sonata 2: Grave e cantabile
- Sonata 3: Grave
- Sonata 4: Largo
- Sonata 6: Adagio
- Sonata 6: Lento
- Sonata 7: Largo
- Il terremoto: Presto e con tutta la forza
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