String Quartets, Op. 64 (Haydn)

Joseph Haydn's String Quartets, Op. 64, is a set of six string quartets composed in 1790. Along with six earlier quartets published under the opus numbers 54 and 55, they are known as the Tost quartets, after the Hungarian violinist and later merchant Johann Tost who helped Haydn find a publisher for the works. Unlike the earlier quartets, Haydn actually dedicated the Op. 64 set to Tost in gratitude for his efforts.^[a]^[3]

List of Opus 64 quartets

Quartet No. 48 in C major, Op. 64, No. 1, FHE No. 31, Hoboken No. III:65
1. Allegro moderato
  
  $\relative g { \key c \major \time 2/2 \partial 4 g4 \p | c2 e8.([ c16)] g'8.( e16) g4..( \fz e16) \p c8 r e16( d c d) e8-. _\markup{ \italic "cresc."} r f-. r g-. r a-. r | b4( \mf c8) r r4 }$
2. Menuetto: Allegretto ma non troppo
  
  $\relative g, { \key c \major \time 3/4 \clef "bass" \partial 4 g4 \f ^"Vc." | c4( e) g-. | c4( e) d16( c b a) | g4-. g( gis) gis4( a) f,-. | a4( cis d) | f4( g! a) | g2. | c,4-. c'-. \bar ":|." }$
3. Allegretto scherzando
  
  $\relative c' { \key f \major \time 2/4 \partial 8 c8 _\markup{ \italic "dol."} | f8( c16) r a'8( f16) r g8([ c) c-. c-.] | a8( d) d c32( b a b) | b4( c8) cis-. | d8( f,16) r c'!8( f,16) r e8([ bes'!) bes-. a-.] | f8([ \grace { g16 f e } f16. g32)] a8-. b-. | b4( c8) \bar ":|." }$
4. Finale: Presto
  
  $\relative c'' { \key c \major \time 6/8 \partial 8 c8-. \p | c8-.[ r c-.] c-.[ r c16-. c-.] | c8-. b-. a-. g-.[ r f-.] f4( e8) d( f a) | c,4.( b8) r }$
Quartet No. 49 in B minor, Op. 64, No. 2, FHE No. 32, Hoboken No. III:68
1. Allegro spiritoso
  
  $\relative d'' { \key b \minor \time 4/4 d4. \p e32( d cis d) fis8([ cis d)] g-. | fis8([ cis d)] b'-. a-. g-. fis-. e-. \f e2( d8) ais( b \appoggiatura d16 cis8) | b2( ais4-.) r }$
2. Adagio ma non troppo
  
  $\relative fis'' { \key b \major \time 3/4 fis2.( _\markup { \italic "mezza voce" } | gis2.) | ais,2. | b2 r4 fis'2.( | eis2 fis4) | dis4( cis4. eis,8) | fis4 r r }$
3. Menuetto: Allegretto
  
  $\relative fis' { \key b \minor \time 3/4 \partial 4 fis4-. \p | b4-. cis-. d-. \acciaccatura d8 cis4-. \fz cis8-. b-. cis4-. \acciaccatura d8 cis4-. \fz cis8-. b-. cis4-. \acciaccatura cis8 fis4-. \f fis8-. e-. d-. cis-. | b4-. r }$
4. Finale: Presto
  
  $\relative fis' { \key b \minor \time 2/4 \partial 4 fis8-. \mf fis-. | b8.( cis16) d8-. d-. d8-. r \acciaccatura eis16 fis8 \acciaccatura eis16 fis8 cis8.( d16) cis8-. cis-. | cis8-. r a'16( g) a-. g-. fis16( e) d-. cis b( ais) cis-. e-. | d8( b) }$
Quartet No. 50 in B♭ major, Op. 64, No. 3, FHE No. 33, Hoboken No. III:67
1. Vivace assai
  
  $\relative d'' { \key bes \major \time 3/4 \partial 4. d8-. \f es-. d-. | d8( c bes-.)[ f'( \p e f)] c16( b c d) c8-.[ d-. \f es!-. f_] fis8( \acciaccatura a g f[)d'(\p a bes)] fis8([ g) c,( es)] d16( c bes a) | bes8-.[ f-. d-.] }$
2. Adagio
  
  $\relative bes' { \key es \major \time 2/4 bes2~ _\markup { \italic "mezza voce" } | bes16.( es32 g16. es32) bes8( c32 bes as g) f8( es) as( g16. \turn as32) | g4( f16) g( as a) }$
3. Menuetto: Allegretto
  
  $\relative a'' { \key bes \major \time 3/4 \partial 4 a8( \f bes) | f4-. r a8( bes) f8( d' c bes a g) | f4-. f8( d) es( g) | f4-. r a,8( \mf bes) f4 d'( b) | c8( \< b) d( c) es( d) f8( es) \! \once \override Hairpin.extra-offset = #'( 0 . -0.8) g4-.\> g-. |g4-. \! r }$
4. Finale: Allegro con spirito
  
  $\relative es'' { \key bes \major \time 2/4 \partial 8 es16( \mf a,) | bes8-. f'16( a,) bes8-. g'16( a,) bes8-. a'16( f) bes8-. f~ | f8[ e( es d)] | c16( bes c d) c8-. }$
Quartet No. 51 in G major, Op. 64, No. 4, FHE No. 34, Hoboken No. III:66
1. Allegro con brio
  
  $\relative b { \key g \major \time 4/4 \partial 8 b16( \f d) | g4. b8 d4. g8 g4$( \sf fis16) g e fis$ d8-. r r c-. \appoggiatura { b16 d } c4( \sf b8 a) g-. g-. a-. a-. d,8-. r e-. \p e16( fis) d8-. r r }$
2. Menuetto: Allegretto
  
  $\relative d'' { \key g \major \time 3/4 \partial 4 d8( \f b) | fis8( g) d4-. b''8( g) | fis8( a) c,4 a8( c) c16( b) r8 d16( c) r8 e16( c) r8 | a2 d,4 \p g2( b8 gis) | b8( a) c4-. c8( b) | \appoggiatura b16 a4 a8( g a d,) g4 r \bar ":|." }$
3. Adagio: Cantabile e sostenuto
  
  $\relative g' { \key c \major \time 2/4 \partial 8 g8 _\markup { \italic "dol." } | c8.( d32 c) b8( c) d8( g) \sf e( c) | d8( e) \appoggiatura g16 f8( e) d8( \acciaccatura f8 e16. d32) d8-. }$
4. Finale: Presto
  
  $\relative d' { \key g \major \time 6/8 \partial 8 d8-. \f | \acciaccatura a'8 g-. fis-. g-. a4( d8) \acciaccatura a8 g-. fis-. g-. a4( d8) \acciaccatura a8 g-. fis-. g-. c4( e8) d8-. fis-. g-. b-. r }$
Quartet No. 52 in E♭ major, Op. 64, No. 6, FHE No. 36, Hoboken No. III:64
1. Allegretto
  
  $\relative es' { \key es \major \time 4/4 \stemUp es2( \p f) | d4( bes' g es) c4( es) bes( es) | f8.( g16) as8.( g16) f4-. r }$
2. Andante
  
  $\relative bes { \key bes \major \time 3/4 bes8-. \p d( f bes d f) | f2 es8( d) | d2 c8( bes) | bes4 a8( g f es) }$
3. Menuetto: Allegretto
  
  $\relative c'' { \key es \major \time 3/4 \partial 4 \appoggiatura { c32 bes a } bes4-. \f es4-. es-. es-. es-. es-. es-. << \new Voice { b2.( | c2) c4 } \new Voice { s4 \sf \> s s | s4 s \! s } >> es,8( \mf d) es( d) c'( bes) | as8([ g f es)] }$
4. Finale: Presto
  
  $\relative g' { \key es \major \time 2/4 \partial 8 g16( \p as) | bes8-. bes-. bes-. as16( bes) c8-. c-. c-. d16( es) | f8-. f16( g) as8-. g16( as) bes16( as g f) es8-. }$
Quartet No. 53 in D major ("The Lark"), Op. 64, No. 5, FHE No. 35, Hoboken No. III:63

I. Allegro moderato

II. Adagio cantabile

III. Menuetto allegretto

IV. Finale vivace

Performed by the Musopen String Quartet

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Allegro moderato

$\new StaffGroup << \new Staff \relative fis' { \key d \major \time 2/2 fis8-. \p ^\markup { \italic "staccato" } r g-. r fis-. r e-. r | d4 r r2 g8-. r a-. r g-. r fis-. r | e4 r r2 } \new Staff \relative d' { \key d \major \time 2/2 \clef "alto" d8-. \p ^\markup { \italic "staccato" } r e-. r d-. r a-. r | fis4 r r2 e'8-. r fis-. r e-. r d-. r | a4 r r2 } >>$
Adagio cantabile

$\relative cis'' { \key a \major \time 3/4 cis8.( _\markup { \italic "dolce" } d32 cis) b4( a) | a4( gis8) a( b cis) d8.( e32 d) cis4( \sf b) | fis'8( e) r4 }$
Menuetto: Allegretto

$\relative cis' { \key d \major \time 3/4 \partial 4 \acciaccatura cis8 d4 \f | fis4( a) \acciaccatura ais,8 b4 e4( g) cis,8( d) | e8( fis g a b cis) d4-. d-. cis8( d) | e8( fis) g( a) b( cis) d4-. d-. dis( \sf | e4) e <gis, b,>-. | <a a,>4-. r \bar ":|." }$
Finale: Vivace

$\relative fis' { \key d \major \time 2/4 \partial 8 fis16 _\markup { \musicglyph #"p" \italic "e sempre staccato" } g a fis g a b cis d b a d fis e d cis b a g a fis g e fis d e cis d b cis a e' fis g }$

References

Notes

^ This dedication, which may have been made without authorization by Tost, was later removed from some printings of the quartets, apparently at the request of Haydn.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Holman 1996a, p. 2
^ Heitmann 2008, p. VI
^ Grave & Grave 2006, p. 245

Sources

Grave, Floyd; Grave, Margaret G (2006). The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517357-4.
Heitmann, Christin (2008). Fedor, Georg; Kirkendale, Warren; Saslav, Isidor (eds.). String Quartets Book VIII Op. 64 (Second Tost Quartets) (PDF). G.Henle Verlag. ISMN 979-0-2018-9212-2.
Holman, Peter (1996a). Haydn: Tost III Quartets No. 1 - 3 (PDF) (CD). Hyperion Records. CDA67011. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
Holman, Peter (1996b). Haydn: Tost III Quartets No. 4 - 6 (PDF) (CD). Hyperion Records. CDA67012. Retrieved 2018-01-11.

External links

String Quartets, Op. 64 (Haydn): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

[3] This dedication, which may have been made without authorization by Tost, was later removed from some printings of the quartets, apparently at the request of Haydn.^[1]^[2]

[1] Holman 1996a, p. 2

[2] Heitmann 2008, p. VI

[GraveGrave2006-4] Grave & Grave 2006, p. 245

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List of Opus 64 quartets

References

Further reading

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