String Quartet Op. 76 No 1 (Haydn)
Movements
i Allegro con spirito, ii Adagio sostenuto, iii Menuetto. Presto, iv Allegro ma non-troppo
Notes
The six String Quartets, Op. 76, by Joseph Haydn were composed in 1797 or 1798 and dedicated to the Hungarian count Joseph Georg von Erdődyn. They form the last complete set of string quartets that Haydn composed. At the time of the commission, Haydn was employed at the court of Prince Nicolaus Esterházy II and was composing the oratorio The Creation as well as Princess Maria Hermenegild Esterházy’s annual mass.
