G. Henle Verlag String Quartets, Volume VIII Op.64 (Second Tost Quartets) - Haydn /Kirkendale /Feder /Saslav - String Quartet - Parts Set

Composer: Joseph Haydn
Editors: Warren Kirkendale, Georg Feder, Isidor Saslav
Format: Parts Set, Urtext Edition
Instrumentation: String Quartet

The quartets were dedicated to the violinist Johann Tost, who was the second principal violinist at the Esterhazy court during the 1780s.

His business sense led him to sell twelve quartets -- opus 64 was probably amongst them -- to a Parisian publisher. Whether Haydn approved of this is open to question -- the dedication was, however, no longer present in the second imprint or the following ones. This edition follows the Haydn Complete Edition and for the first time juxtaposes the quartet in E flat major and the two original trios.

Contents:

• String Quartet (Second Tost Quartets, The Lark) D major op. 64 Hob. III:63
• String Quartet (Second Tost Quartets) E flat major op. 64 Hob. III:64
• String Quartet (Second Tost Quartets) C major op. 64 Hob. III:65
• String Quartet (Second Tost Quartets) G major op. 64 Hob. III:66
• String Quartet (Second Tost Quartets) B flat major op. 64 Hob. III:67
• String Quartet (Second Tost Quartets) b minor op. 64 Hob. III:68