Imperial Quartet

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The Kaiserquartett ( Hob. III: 77) is a string quartet in C major by Joseph Haydn . It bears the opus number 76 No. 3.

The Emperor Quartet is one of the six string quartets that Haydn in 1797 at the age of 65 years after his return from London composed and Count Erdődy devoted. They were published in 1799. The third of these quartets was given the nickname “Kaiserquartett” because its second movement (G major, Poco adagio, cantabile) has four cantus firmus variations on the theme of the “folk song” composed by Haydn (according to the first edition in 1797) “God ! get Franz, the Kaiser ” . Around 40 years later, August Heinrich Hoffmann from Fallersleben composed his “Song of the Germans” (according to its first edition), the third stanza of which today functions as the text of the national anthem of the German Federal Republic, on the then British Heligoland to Haydn's famous and popular melody. In places it has motivic echoes of the aria “Qualche volta non fa male” from Haydn's opera Il mondo della luna (1777); A very similar motif can also be recognized at the end of the “Alleluja” from Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate (1773). But the question of whether this is a deliberate loan from Haydn must remain unanswered.

Sentence names

1. Allegro
\ relative g '' {\ key c \ major \ time 4/4 \ partial 8 g8 \ f e4 (f8-.) d-. c4-. r8 g-. \ p e8-. a-. G-. fis-. g4 r8 d 'e8 g4 f! e16 \ trill d e8-. c'-. \ f d ,, 8-. r <gg,> -. r <e c> 4 r}
2. Poco Adagio. Cantabile - var. I-IV
\ relative g '{\ key g \ major \ time 2/2 \ partial 2 g4. (_ \ markup {\ musicglyph # "p" \ italic "dolce"} a8 b4 acb) a8 (f sharp g4) e' (d c4 b) a (- \ tweak X-offset # 2.8 \ turn b8 g) d2}
3. Menuetto
\ relative c '' {\ key c \ major \ time 3/4 \ partial 4 c4 \ f b4 (c) e g, 2 (c4) d, 2 (a'4) g, 4. }
4th finale. Presto
\ relative g '' {\ key c \ minor \ time 2/2 <gc, es,> 4-. \ fr <as b, d,> -. r <gc, es,> 4 rrc \ p b2 (c4) d es2 (d4-.) r}

See also

Web links

Haydn's string quartets
Op. 1

Quartet in B flat major, op. 1, No. 1, Hob. III: 1  | Quartet in E flat major, op. 1, No. 2, Hob. III: 2  | Quartet in D major, op. 1, No. 3, Hob. III: 3  | Quartet in G major, op. 1, No. 4, Hob. III: 4  | Quartet in C major, Op. 1, No. 6, Hob.III: 6

Op. 2

Quartet in D major, op. 2, No. 1, Hob. III: 7  | Quartet in E major, Op. 2, No. 2, Hob. III: 8  | 9 in F Major, op quartet No. 2, No. 4, Hob III:.... 10  | Quartet No. 10 in B flat major, op.2, No. 6, Hob.III: 12

Op. 9

Quartet in D minor, Op. 9, No. 4, Hob. III: 22  | Quartet in C major, op. 9, No. 1, Hob. III: 19  | Quartet in G major, op. 9, No. 3, Hob. III: 21  | Quartet in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2, Hob. III: 20  | Quartet in B flat major, Op. 9, No. 5, Hob. III: 23  | Quartet in A major, op.9, no.6, Hob.III: 24

Op. 17th

Quartet in F major, op. 17, No. 2, Hob. III: 26  | Quartet in E major, Op. 17, No. 1, Hob. III: 25  | Quartet in C minor, Op. 17, No. 4, Hob. III: 28  | Quartet in D major, Op. 17, No. 6, Hob. III: 30  | Quartet in E flat major, op. 17, No. 3, Hob. III: 27  | Quartet in G major, op.17, no.5, Hob.III: 29

Op. 20,
"Sun
Quartet"

Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob. III: 35  | Quartet in A major, op.20, no.6, Hob. III: 36  | Quartet in C major, op.20, no.2, Hob. III: 32  | Quartet in G minor, op.20, no.3, Hob. III: 33  | Quartet in D major, op.20, no.4, Hob. III: 34  | Quartet in E flat major, op.20, no.1, Hob.III: 31

Op. 33
"Russian
Quartets"

Quartet in B minor, op.33, no.1, Hob.III: 37  | Quartet in E flat major, op. 33, No. 2 (“The Joke”), Hob. III: 38  | Quartet in C major, op. 33, No. 3 (“Vogelquartett”), Hob. III: 39  | Quartet in B flat major, op.33, no.4, Hob.III: 40  | Quartet in G major, op. 33, No. 5 (“How are you?”), Hob. III: 41  | Quartet in D major, op.33, no.6, Hob.III: 42

op. 42

Quartet in D minor, op.42, Hob.III: 43

Op. 50
"Prussian
Quartets"

Quartet in B flat major, Op. 50, No. 1, Hob. III: 44  | Quartet in C major, op. 50, No. 2, Hob. III: 45  | Quartet in E flat major, op. 50, No. 3, Hob. III: 46  | Quartet in F sharp minor, op.50, no.4, Hob. III: 47  | Quartet in F major, Op. 50, No. 5, Hob. III: 48  | Quartet in D major, op. 50, No. 6 (“Frog Quartet”), Hob. III: 49

Op. 51

The seven last words of our Savior on the cross

Op. 54/55

Quartet in C major, op. 54, No. 2, Hob. III: 57  | Quartet in G major, op. 54, No. 1, Hob. III: 58  | Quartet in E major, op.54, no.3, Hob. III: 59  | Quartet in A major, op. 55, No. 1, Hob. III: 60  | Quartet in F Minor, op 55, No. 2 ( "Razor quartet"), Hob III 61...  | Quartet in B flat major, op.55, no.3, Hob.III: 62

Op. 64

Quartet in C major, op.64, no.1, Hob.III: 65  | Quartet in B minor, op.64, no.2, Hob.III: 68  | Quartet in B flat major, op.64, no.3, Hob.III: 67  | Quartet in G major, op.64, no.4, Hob.III: 66  | Quartet in D major, op. 64, No. 5 (“Lark Quartet”), Hob. III: 63  | Quartet in E flat major, op.64, no.6, Hob.III: 64

Op. 71/74
"Apponyi
Quartets"

Quartet in B flat major, op.71, no.1, Hob.III: 69  | Quartet in D major, op.71, no.2, Hob.III: 70  | Quartet in E flat major, op. 71, No. 3, Hob. III: 71  | Quartet in C major, op.74, no.1, Hob. III: 72  | Quartet in F major, op. 74, No. 2, Hob. III: 73  | Quartet in G minor, op. 74, No. 3 ("Reiterquartett"), Hob. III: 74

Op. 76
"Erdődy
Quartets"

Quartet in G major, op. 76, No. 1, Hob. III: 75  | Quartet in D minor, op. 76, No. 2 (“Quintenquartett”), Hob. III: 76  | Quartet in C major op. 76, No. 3 ("Kaiserquartett"), Hob. III: 77  | Quartet in B flat major, op. 76, No. 4 (“Sunrise”), Hob. III: 78  | Quartet in D major, Op. 76, No. 5, Hob. III: 79  | Quartet in E flat major, op.76, no.6, Hob.III: 80

Op. 77
"Lobkowitz
Quartets"

Quartet in G major, op. 77, No. 1 (“Complimenting Quartet”), Hob. III: 81  | Quartet in F major, op.77, no.2, Hob.III: 82

Op. 103

Quartet in D minor, op.103, Hob.III: 83 (incomplete)