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String Quartet in E-flat major, Hob. III:64, Op. 64 No. 6

4 movements

Joseph Haydn · 1790 · E♭ major · 475 bars · 463 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: E♭ major, B♭ major, G minor, A♭ major, G♭ major, C minor, F major, B♭ minor.