String Quartet in B-flat major, Hob.III:40 (Haydn, Joseph)

Incipit 4 movements:
1. \relative {\clef treble \key bes \major \time 4/4 \tempo "Allegro moderato" \partial 2 f''2~ \p \< | f8.( \f g32 a) bes16( f es d) c8 \trill bes16 d c8 \trill bes16 d | c8-. \trill bes-. r4}
2. \relative {\clef treble \key bes \major \time 3/4 \tempo "Scherzo. Allegretto" d''4~ \mf d8.[ f16 es8. g16] | f4( d bes) | c~c8.[ es16 d8. f16] | es4( c a)}
3. \relative {\clef treble \key es \major \time 3/4 \tempo "Largo" g''8.( \p \trill f32 g) as8-. r f-. r | bes8.( \sf es16) \appoggiatura es16 d8( \p c16 bes) \appoggiatura bes16 as8( g16 f) | es4( f) as8.( bes32 c) | es,4( d8) r r16 \acciaccatura bes16 d \p \acciaccatura c es \acciaccatura d f}
4. \relative {\clef treble \key bes \major \time 2/4 \tempo "Presto" \partial 8 d'16( \p f) | bes8-. bes-. bes-. es16( d) | c8-. c-. c-. f16( es) | d8-.[ bes'( g es)] | d4( c8) es16( c)}
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1781
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For flute, violin, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 4 players (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr)

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Scores

 Complete Score (color)
#479252 - 2.13MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 47×⇩ - IS

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 Complete Score (mono)
#479253 - 1.14MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 66×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. Quatuors pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle, No.46
Berlin: Trautwein, n.d.[1840-45]. Plate 812.
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 Complete Score
#888361 - 8.29MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Publisher. Info. Mannheim: K. Ferd. Heckel, n.d.[1855]. Plate 754.
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Misc. Notes Extracted from Joseph Haydn's Quartetten (Haydn, Joseph). From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): A47
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 Complete Score
#05280 - 3.10MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V*/V* - 7427×⇩ - Nerd011235

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Editor Wilhelm Altmann (1862-1951)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, No. 165, n.d.(ca.1930). Plate E.E. 1266.
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications, 1985.
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Parts

 Violin 1
#455467 - 0.36MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 59×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#455468 - 0.70MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 48×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#455469 - 0.54MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 43×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#455470 - 0.50MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 50×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Sieber, n.d.(1783?).
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 Violin 1
#475774 - 0.36MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 23×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#475775 - 0.27MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#475776 - 0.19MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 15×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#475777 - 0.18MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. London: Wm. Forster, n.d.[1785]. Plate 47. (No.6)
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Misc. Notes University of Western Ontario Music Library (CDN-Lu): RISM A/I: H 3480
From the Drs. Whitby Music Collection at the University of Western Ontario.
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 Violin 1
#475869 - 0.41MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 22×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#475870 - 0.37MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#475871 - 0.24MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 13×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#475872 - 0.17MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. Amsterdam: J. Schmitt, n.d.(ca.1789). (Vol.2, No.5)
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Misc. Notes University of Western Ontario Music Library (CDN-Lu): RISM A/I: H 3487
From the Drs. Whitby Music Collection at the University of Western Ontario.
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 Violin 1
#477470 - 0.86MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#477471 - 0.59MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#477472 - 0.48MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#477473 - 0.54MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17×⇩ - IS

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Engraver Charles-Nicholas Richomme (fl.1776-1827)
Publisher. Info. Collection complète des quatuors, No.40
Paris: I. Pleyel, n.d.[1820]. Plate 715.
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 Violin 1
#477474 - 0.42MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#477475 - 0.28MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#477476 - 0.23MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#477477 - 0.24MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - IS

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Engraver Charles-Nicholas Richomme (fl.1776-1827)
Publisher. Info. Collection complète des quatuors, No.40
Paris: I. Pleyel, n.d.[1820]. Plate 715.
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Misc. Notes Monochrome conversion of the above.
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 Violin 1
#478211 - 0.41MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 28×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#478212 - 0.27MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 23×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#478213 - 0.24MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#478214 - 0.23MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. A Complete Collection of Haydn's Quartetts, No.40
London: Collard & Collard, n.d.(1830-34).
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 Complete Parts
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⇒ 4 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello

 Violin 1
#455472 - 0.28MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 72×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#455473 - 0.19MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 63×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#455474 - 0.16MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 56×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#455471 - 0.17MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 66×⇩ - IS

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Editor Andreas Moser (1859–1925)
Hugo Dechert (1860–1923)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1900). Plate 8477.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello (Tuttle)

 Complete Score
#1003424 - 0.61MB, 32 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Flute
#1003425 - 0.25MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Violin
#1003426 - 0.19MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Viola
#1003427 - 0.17MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Cello
#1003428 - 0.16MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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Arranger Marshall Tuttle
Publisher. Info. Marshall Tuttle
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#853513 - 0.17MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 33×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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 Piano 2
#853514 - 0.13MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 28×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Arranger Gaylon Babcock
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Misc. Notes each part designed to be printed front and back
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For Piano (Kraus)

 Complete Score
#786375 - 0.31MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 106×⇩ - Christian.kraus

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Arranger Christian Kraus (b. 1980)
Publisher. Info. Christian Kraus, 2022.
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Braille Scores

 Complete Score
#903169 - 0.04MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2024/3/6)

Editor Steve Gardiner
Publisher. Info. Steve Gardiner, 2023.
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Misc. Notes Braille score in bar-over-bar format, 38 cells per line, 27 lines per page.
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet in B-flat major
Alternative. Title String Quartet No.40 ; "Russian Quartet No.4"
Name Translations 弦楽四重奏曲第40番 (ハイドン); 34. Streichquartett; String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 33 no. 4, Hob. III:40
Name Aliases Streichquartett Nr. 34; Streichquartett op. 33 Nr. 4; String Quartet, Op. 33, No. 4; FHE No. 73; Hob. III:40; String Quartet No. 34
Authorities WorldCat; VIAF: 181246019
Composer Haydn, Joseph
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Hob.III:40 ; Op.33 No.4
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJH 409
Key B-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro moderato (B♭ major)
  2. Scherzo (B♭ major) - Minore (B♭ minor)
  3. Largo (E♭ major)
  4. Presto (B♭ major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1781
First Publication. 1782 in String Quartets, Op.33 (No.4)
Dedication Russian Grand Duke Paul
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
Discography MusicBrainz
External Links Earsense page
Wikipedia article (complete Op.33)

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