String Quartet in C major, Hob.III:39 (Haydn, Joseph)

Incipit 4 movements:
1. \relative {\clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 \tempo "Allegro moderato" <<{R1} \\ \magnifyMusic 0.8 {<e' c'>8_"Violino II & Viola" <e c'> <e c'> <e c'> <e c'> <e c'> <e c'> <e c'>) }>> | g'1 \p | \acciaccatura fis8 g2 \cresc \acciaccatura fis8 g2 \! | \grace {fis16( g a} g2) \f ~g8 e16( g) g( f d b) | b( c e c) g4 ~g8 e16( g) g( f d b)}
2. \relative {\clef treble \key c \major \time 3/4 \tempo "Scherzando. Allegretto" \partial 4 c'4_\markup \italic "sotto voce" | c2( e8 d) | c4( b c) | d( e f) | f( e) d | d2( f8 e)}
3. \relative {\clef treble \key f \major \time 3/4 \tempo "Adagio" c''8.( \p d32 c) bes4( a) | g8. \sf e16) f8-. g-. a-. bes-. | c8.( \trill bes32 c) d8-. d,-. bes' \p [( g)] | f4( e8) r r4}
4. \relative {\clef treble \key c \major \time 2/4 \tempo "Rondo. Presto" g''8-.[ \p e-. g-. e-.] | g16-. f-. e-. f-. g8-. e-. | g16-. f-. e-. f-. g-. f-. e-. f-. | g-. f-. e-. f-. g8-. e-.}
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 cornet, bugle, tenor (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); For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For violin, piano (arr)

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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score (color)
#479272 - 3.06MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 184×⇩ - IS

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 Complete Score (mono)
#479273 - 1.67MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 216×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. Quatuors pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle, No.56
Berlin: Trautwein, n.d.[1840-45]. Plate 841.
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 Complete Score
#888360 - 9.80MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 27×⇩ - 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 (color)
#479302 - 1.12MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 248×⇩ - IS

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Editor Andreas Moser (1859–1925)
Hugo Dechert (1860–1923)
Publisher. Info. 30 berühmte Quartette No.12
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d.
Reprinted Moscow: Muzyka, 1968. Plate 5986.
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Misc. Notes Parts were reprinted Peters, scores from Eulenburg. Peters never issued scores but simply reissued Eulenburg under their own imprint. Order changed in Muzgiz reprint from the original edition.
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 Complete Score
#05279 - 3.67MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V*/V* - 21932×⇩ - Nerd011235

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Editor Wilhelm Altmann (1862–1951)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, No. 165, n.d.(ca.1930). Plate E.E. 1153.
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications, 1985.
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Parts

 Violin 1
#455463 - 0.36MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 305×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#455464 - 0.86MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 199×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#455465 - 0.53MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 215×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#455466 - 0.55MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 230×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Sieber, n.d.(1783?).
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 Violin 1
#475766 - 0.36MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 71×⇩ - IS

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⇒ 4 more: Violin 2 • Viola • Cello • Color Cover

 Violin 2
#475767 - 0.25MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 38×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#475768 - 0.21MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 36×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#475769 - 0.18MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 45×⇩ - 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.4)
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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
#475787 - 0.61MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 41×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#475788 - 0.58MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 22×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#475789 - 0.29MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 25×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#475790 - 0.29MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 24×⇩ - IS

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 Gray Cover
#475786 - 0.09MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 43×⇩ - IS

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Publisher. Info. Amsterdam: J. Schmitt, n.d.(ca.1789). (Vol.1, No.2)
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Misc. Notes University of Western Ontario Music Library (CDN-Lu): RISM A/I: H 3487
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 Violin 1
#477397 - 0.83MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 30×⇩ - IS

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#477398 - 0.60MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 22×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#477399 - 0.47MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 22×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#477400 - 0.54MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 22×⇩ - 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.39
Paris: I. Pleyel, n.d.[1820]. Plate 715.
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 Violin 1
#477401 - 0.41MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 35×⇩ - IS

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#477402 - 0.29MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 25×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#477403 - 0.23MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#477404 - 0.23MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - 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.39
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
#478207 - 0.40MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 133×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#478208 - 0.29MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 71×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#478209 - 0.23MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 65×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#478210 - 0.23MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 75×⇩ - IS

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 Color Cover
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Publisher. Info. A Complete Collection of Haydn's Quartetts, No.39
London: Collard & Collard, n.d.(1830-34).
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 Violin 1
#479379 - 0.52MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 335×⇩ - IS

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 Violin 2
#479380 - 0.33MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 242×⇩ - IS

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 Viola
#479381 - 0.30MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 258×⇩ - IS

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 Cello
#479382 - 0.29MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 254×⇩ - IS

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 Cover
#479345 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 539×⇩ - IS

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Editor Andreas Moser (1859–1925)
Hugo Dechert (1860–1923)
Publisher. Info. 30 berühmte Quartette No.12
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d.
Reprinted Moscow: Muzyka, 1968. Plate 6425.
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Misc. Notes Parts were reprinted Peters, scores from Eulenburg. Peters never issued scores but simply reissued Eulenburg under their own imprint. Order changed in Muzgiz reprint from the original edition.
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 Violin 1 (corrected)
#196270 - 0.12MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7639×⇩ - IgnacioQuiroz

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 Violin 2 (corrected)
#196271 - 0.09MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5016×⇩ - IgnacioQuiroz

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 Viola (corrected)
#196272 - 0.08MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4868×⇩ - IgnacioQuiroz

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 Cello (corrected)
#196273 - 0.07MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5253×⇩ - IgnacioQuiroz

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Editor Ignacio Quiroz
Publisher. Info. Archi String Quartet
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Cornet, Bugle, Tenor (Horn), Baryton and Bass (Tollot)

 Complete Parts
#788453 - 5.27MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 20×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Arranger Julien Tollot (ca.1806–1896)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Lafleur fils ainé, n.d.(ca.1866). Plate L.A. 1723.
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Misc. Notes grayscale
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For Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello (Tuttle)

 Complete Score
#1002866 - 0.60MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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#1002867 - 0.25MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Violin
#1002868 - 0.20MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Viola
#1002869 - 0.17MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 0×⇩ - Inotmark

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 Cello
#1002870 - 0.15MB, 6 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
#853483 - 0.17MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 39×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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 Piano 2
#853484 - 0.14MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 36×⇩ - 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
#783065 - 0.33MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 161×⇩ - Christian.kraus

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Arranger Christian Kraus
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Rondo. Presto (No.4)

For Violin and Piano (Klengel)

 Complete Score and Violin Part
#452443 - 0.91MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 51×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Arranger Paul Klengel (1854–1935)
Publisher. Info. Klassisches Vortrags-Album Vol.1 No.7
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1914. Plate 27518.
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Braille Scores

 Complete Score
#903168 - 0.04MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 12×⇩ - Feduol

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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 C major
Alternative. Title String Quartet No.39 ; "Russian Quartet No.3, The Bird"
Name Translations 弦楽四重奏曲第39番 (ハイドン); 32. Streichquartett; String Quartet in C major, op. 33 no. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird"
Name Aliases Streichquartett Nr. 32; Streichquartett op. 33 Nr. 3; Vogelquartett; String Quartet, Op. 33, No. 3; FHE No. 72; Hob. III. 39; The Bird; String Quartet No. 32
Authorities WorldCat; VIAF: 182277635
Composer Haydn, Joseph
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Hob.III:39 ; Op.33 No.3
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJH 418
Key C major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro moderato (C major)
  2. Scherzo - Trio (C major)
  3. Adagio ma non troppo (F major)
  4. Finale. Rondo, Presto (C major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1781
First Publication. 1782 in String Quartets, Op.33 (No.3)
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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