Final Markdown Haydn, Joseph. (1732–1809) Six Quatuor [sic]...opera Seconda [h. Iii, 7-12] Save Big: 90% Off [1cEQusMa]

Six quatuor [sic] à deux violons, taille, et basse obligés : opera seconda / composés par Giuseppe Haydn á Vienne. Upright folio. Four volumes, full modern brown calf, with sumptuous gilt detailing, slipcased. 13 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches (33.5 x 23.5 cm); in four parts, engraved throughout. [PN] 94. Each: Title [vb]; [blank] 4 - 16 pp. Containing: Quartetto I [A major]; Quartetto II [E major]; Quartetto III [E♭ major]; Quartetto IV [F major]; Quartetto V [D major] and Quartetto VI [B♭ major]. BUCEM 1:464; Hoboken, vol. 1, p. 369; Hoboken. Sammlung, no. 524 (spätere Ausg.); RISM H 3441.

As in op.1, Haydn's Op.2 works for string quartet are all in the style of a divertimento, each with two minuets framing a larger slow central movement.