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

Title String Quartet in C major
Alternative title String Quartet No.39 ; "Russian Quartet No.3, The Bird"
Creators Joseph Haydn, composer
Opus Hob.III:39n417 III:39
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola and cello
Number of movements 4
Keys C major
Composed 1781
First published 1782
Dedication Russian Grand Duke Paul
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Composition types Quartets
Period Classical
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Sections

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Metronome Key Measures
Allegro moderato — C major —
Scherzo - Trio — C major —
Adagio ma non troppo — F major —
Finale. Rondo, Presto — C major —

Arrangements

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View Complete cornet, bugle and tenor —
View Complete piano Christian Kraus
View Rondo. Presto (No.4) violin and piano Paul Klengel

Scores

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View Complete — — — Complete Score (color)
Complete Score (mono)
View Complete — Edition Peters — Complete Score (color)
View Complete — Eulenburg — Complete Score
View Complete parts Sieber — Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
View Complete parts William Forster 1785 Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Color Cover
View Complete parts J. Schmitt — Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Gray Cover
View Complete parts — — Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Color Cover
View Complete parts — — Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Color Cover
View Complete parts — — Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Color Cover
View Complete parts Edition Peters — Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
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View Complete parts — — Violin 1 (corrected)
Violin 2 (corrected)
Viola (corrected)
Cello (corrected)
View Complete Arrangement for cornet, bugle and tenor Lafleur — Complete Parts
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Christian Kraus
— — Complete Score
View Rondo. Presto (No.4) Arrangement for violin and piano
by Paul Klengel
Breitkopf und Härtel 1914 Complete Score and Violin Part

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