String Quartet in B minor, Hob.III:37 (Haydn, Joseph)

Incipit 4 movements:
1. \relative {\clef treble \key d \major \time 4/4 \tempo "Alllegro moderato" \partial 8 d''8-. \p | d4( g16 fis e d) cis4( b8) b | e4( a16 g fis e) d4( cis8) \clef bass \noBeam fis,,-. | fis4( a16 g fis e) fis4( \cresc a16 g fis e)}
2. \relative {\clef treble \key b \minor \time 3/4 \tempo "Scherzando. Allegro" \partial 4 b4-. \mf | d( fis) b-. | ais( cis) fis,-. | b( d) fis-. | fis2 fis4-. | fis-. fis-. fis-. | fis2}
3. \relative {\clef treble \key d \major \time 6/8 \tempo "Andente" \partial 8 d'8-. \p | fis-. a-. d-. fis-. a-. d-. | a8..( \sfz b32) g16.( b32) e,8-. r cis,-. | e-. g-. cis-. e-. g-. e'-. | g,8..( \sfz a32) fis16.( a32) d,8-. r}
4. \relative {\clef treble \key b \minor \time 2/4 \tempo "Presto" \partial 4 b8-. \mf b | b[( \trill d) fis-. fis-.] | fis4 b,8-. b -.| b[( \trill e) g-. g-.] | g4 ais,8 ais | ais[( cis) fis-. e-.] | \acciaccatura e8 d4( \trill \grace {cis16 d)} cis4 }
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 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); 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)

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Scores

 Complete Score
#479102 - 1.73MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 116×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. Quatuors pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle, No.24
Berlin: Trautwein, n.d.[1840-45]. Plate 761.
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 Complete Score
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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
#05277 - 3.31MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V*/V* - 15825×⇩ - Nerd011235

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Editor Wilhelm Altmann (1862–1951)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, No. 165, n.d.(ca.1930). Plate E.E. 1265.
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications, 1985.
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Parts

 Violin 1
#455451 - 0.36MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 91×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#455452 - 0.76MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 56×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#455453 - 0.53MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 67×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#455454 - 0.50MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 61×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Sieber, n.d.(1783?).
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 Violin 1
#475762 - 0.37MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 26×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#475763 - 0.32MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#475764 - 0.27MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#475765 - 0.28MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - IS

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 Color Cover
#475757 - 0.31MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 107×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. London: Wm. Forster, n.d.[1785]. Plate 47. (No.3)
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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
#475873 - 0.32MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 31×⇩ - IS

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#475874 - 0.26MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#475875 - 0.18MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#475876 - 0.18MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17×⇩ - IS

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 Color Cover
#475868 - 0.11MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 37×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. Amsterdam: J. Schmitt, n.d.(ca.1789). (Vol.2, No.6)
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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
#477380 - 0.64MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#477381 - 0.49MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#477382 - 0.48MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#477383 - 0.45MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - IS

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 Color Cover
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Engraver Charles-Nicholas Richomme (fl.1776-1827)
Publisher. Info. Collection complète des quatuors, No.37
Paris: I. Pleyel, n.d.[1820]. Plate 715.
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 Violin 1
#477384 - 0.34MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - IS

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#477385 - 0.24MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#477386 - 0.23MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#477387 - 0.21MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16×⇩ - IS

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 Color Cover
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Engraver Charles-Nicholas Richomme (fl.1776-1827)
Publisher. Info. Collection complète des quatuors, No.37
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
#478199 - 0.33MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 30×⇩ - IS

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#478200 - 0.26MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#478201 - 0.23MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#478202 - 0.20MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21×⇩ - IS

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 Color Cover
#478027 - FileNotExistErrorMB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - Removed - 1610×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. A Complete Collection of Haydn's Quartetts, No.37
London: Collard & Collard, n.d.(1830-34).
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 Complete Parts
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 Violin 2
#455457 - 0.20MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 70×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#455458 - 0.18MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 75×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#455455 - 0.15MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 83×⇩ - 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 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
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 Piano 2
#853473 - 0.14MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 31×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Arranger Gaylon Babcock
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For Piano (Kraus)

 Complete Score
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For Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello (Tuttle)

 Complete Score
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 Violin
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 Viola
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 Cello
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Arranger Marshall Tuttle
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Braille Scores

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Editor Steve Gardiner
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet in B minor
Alternative. Title String Quartet No.37 ; "Russian Quartet No.1"
Name Translations 弦楽四重奏曲第37番 (ハイドン); 31. Streichquartett; String Quartet in B minor, op. 33 no. 1, Hob. III:37
Name Aliases Streichquartett Nr. 31; Streichquartett op. 33 Nr. 1; String Quartet, Op. 33, No. 1; FHE No. 70; Hob. III. 37; String Quartet No. 31
Authorities WorldCat; VIAF: 181923052
Composer Haydn, Joseph
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Hob.III:37 ; Op.33 No.1
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJH 403
Key B minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro moderato (B minor)
  2. Minuet (B minor) - Trio (B major)
  3. Andante (D major)
  4. Finale. Presto (B minor)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1781
First Publication. 1782 in String Quartets, Op.33 (No.1)
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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