String Quartets, Vol. VI, Op. 42 and Op. 50 (Prussian Quartets) is currently unavailable

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Chamber Ensemble String Quartet (Study Score) SKU: HL.51489210 Prussian Quartets. Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by James Webster. Study Score. Paperbound. Study Score. Classical. Study score (paperbound). 146 pages. G. Henle #HN9210. Published by G. Henle (HL.51489210). ISBN 9790201892108. UPC: 884088410766. 6.75x9.5x0.4 inches.The volume opens with something unusual: opus 42 is a single work, short and surprisingly easy to play; Haydn described it as “something small and with only 3 pieces.” The Quartets op. 50, including the so-called Frog Quartet, are dedicated to the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm II, who was a talented cellist. Even though the solo at the beginning of opus 50,1 is meant as joke, there are some good passages for cellists.