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String Quartet in B-flat major, Hob. III:67, Op. 64 No. 3

4 movements

Joseph Haydn · 1790 · B♭ major · 615 bars · 458 chords analysed

Written just before Haydn's first trip to London.

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, F minor, A♭ major, B♭ minor, C minor, G minor, E♭ major, E♭ minor.