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String Quartet in B-flat major, Hob. III:12, Op. 2 No. 6

5 movements

Joseph Haydn · c. 1763 · B♭ major · 360 bars · 206 chords analysed

Haydn wrote nearly 70 string quartets and more or less invented the form: four equal voices in conversation. From the early divertimento-like Op. 1 and Op. 2 to the Op. 76 set of 1797, you can hear the genre grow up.

Keys visited: B♭ major, F major, E♭ major.