String Quartets, Op. 76

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String Quartets, Op. 76 are a celebrated set of six late string quartets by Joseph Haydn, renowned for their innovation, expressive depth, and influence on the development of the string quartet genre.

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Op. 76 string quartets 3
Haydn Op. 76 quartets 2
Six String Quartets, Op. 76 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf set of musical compositions ⓘ
string quartets ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Erdődy Quartets ⓘ
linked to: Galitzin Quartets
catalogueNumber Hob. III:75–80 ⓘ
commissionedBy Count Joseph Georg von Erdődy ⓘ
composer Joseph Haydn ⓘ
compositionPeriod late 1790s ⓘ
containsWork String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76 No. 4 ⓘ
String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3 ⓘ
String Quartet in D major, Op. 76 No. 5 ⓘ
String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2 ⓘ
String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 76 No. 6 ⓘ
String Quartet in G major, Op. 76 No. 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
dedicatedTo Count Joseph Georg von Erdődy ⓘ
genre string quartet ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered among Haydn’s greatest quartets ⓘ
important in the development of the Classical string quartet ⓘ
influenced 19th-century string quartet repertoire ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven’s string quartets ⓘ
keyOfContainedWork Op. 76 No. 1 in G major ⓘ
Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor ⓘ
Op. 76 No. 3 in C major ⓘ
Op. 76 No. 4 in B-flat major ⓘ
Op. 76 No. 5 in D major ⓘ
Op. 76 No. 6 in E-flat major ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementCountPerQuartet 4 ⓘ
nicknameOfContainedWork Op. 76 No. 2 "Fifths" ⓘ
Op. 76 No. 3 "Emperor" ⓘ
Op. 76 No. 4 "Sunrise" ⓘ
notableFor expressive depth ⓘ
influence on later string quartets ⓘ
innovation in string quartet writing ⓘ
numberOfWorks 6 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 76 ⓘ
partOf Haydn’s late string quartets ⓘ
performancePractice commonly performed in concert cycles ⓘ
premiereLocation Vienna (probable) ⓘ
linked to: Vienna
publicationDate circa 1799–1800 ⓘ
publisher Artaria & Co. ⓘ
reception highly regarded by performers and scholars ⓘ
stylePeriod Classical period ⓘ
totalNumberOfMovements 24 ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation cello ⓘ
two violins ⓘ
viola ⓘ
workExample Op. 76 No. 3 second movement based on "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" ⓘ

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Joseph Haydn → notableWork → String Quartets, Op. 76 ⓘ
Emperor Quartet → partOf → Op. 76 string quartets ⓘ
linked to: String Quartets, Op. 76
String Quartet in G major, Op. 76 No. 1 → partOf → Op. 76 string quartets ⓘ
linked to: String Quartets, Op. 76
String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2 → relatedWorkSet → Haydn Op. 76 quartets ⓘ
linked to: String Quartets, Op. 76
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76 No. 4 → partOf → Op. 76 string quartets ⓘ
linked to: String Quartets, Op. 76
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76 No. 4 → cycleMemberOf → Haydn Op. 76 quartets ⓘ
linked to: String Quartets, Op. 76
String Quartet in D major, Op. 76 No. 5 → setMemberOf → Six String Quartets, Op. 76 ⓘ
linked to: String Quartets, Op. 76