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String Quartet in D major, Hob. III:79, Op. 76 No. 5

4 movements

Joseph Haydn · 1797 · D major · 551 bars · 413 chords analysed

Its slow movement, in the remote key of F♯ major, is one of Haydn's most beautiful.

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: D major, F major, B♭ major, D minor, F♯ major, C♯ major, C♯ minor, E major, G major, F♯ minor, A minor.