String Quartets of Joseph Haydn
Op.   No. Key Date Notes
1 1 B-flat maj. 1757-1762; pub. 1764-1766 "La chasse"
movements: 1. Presto   2. Menuetto   3. Adagio   4. Menuetto   5. Presto
2 E-flat maj.
movements: 1. Allegro   2. Menuetto   3. Adagio   4. Menuetto   5. Presto
3 D maj.
movements: 1. Adagio   2. Menuetto   3. Presto   4. Menuetto   5. Finale: Presto
4 G maj.
movements: 1. Presto   2. Menuetto   3. Adagio ma non tanto   4. Menuetto   5. Presto
5 B-flat maj. [arr. of Symphony in B-flat maj. HobI/107] [spurious]
movements: 1.   2.   3.   4.   5.
6 C maj.
movements: 1. Presto assai   2. Menuetto   3. Adagio   4. Menuetto   5. Finale: Presto
2 1 A maj. 1760-1763; pub. 1764-1766
movements: 1. Allegro   2. Menuetto   3. Adagio   4. Menuetto   5. Allegro molto
2 E maj.
movements: 1. Allegro molto   2. Menuetto   3. Adagio   4. Menuetto   5. Finale: Presto
3 E-flat maj. Originally a divertimento with 2 horns. [spurious]
movements: 1.   2.   3.   4.   5.
4 F maj.
movements: 1. Presto   2. Menuetto   3. Adagio   4. Menuetto: Allegretto   5. Allegro
5 D maj. Originally a divertimento with 2 horns. [spurious]
movements: 1.    2.    3.    4.    5.
6 B-flat maj.
movements: 1. Adagio   2. Menuetto   3. Presto: scherzo   4. Menuetto   5. Presto
3 1 E maj. 1767 [Op.3 thought to be composed by P. Roman Hoffstetter]
movements: 1.   2.   3.   4.
2 C maj.
movements: 1.   2.   3.   4.
3 G maj.
movements: 1.   2.   3.   4.
4 B-flat maj.
movements: 1.   2.   3.   4.
5 F maj. "Serenade"
movements: 1. 2. Andante cantabile   3. Menuet and Trio   4. 
6 A maj.
movements: 1.   2.   3.   4.
9 1 C maj. pub. 1769-1771 [Op.9 shows influence of Stamitz]
movements: 1. Moderato   2. Menuetto: Un poco Allegretto   3. Adagio   4. Finale: Presto
2 E-flat maj.
movements: 1. Moderato   2. Menuetto   3. Adagio   4. Finale: Allegro molto
3 G maj.
movements: 1. Moderato   2. Menuetto   3. Largo   4. Finale: Presto
4 D min.
movements: 1. Moderato   2. Menuetto   3. Adagio cantabile   4. Finale: Presto
5 B-flat maj.
movements: 1. Poco adagio: Theme and Varations   2. Menuet: Allegretto   3. Largo cantabile   4. Finale: Presto
6 A maj.
movements: 1. Presto   2. Menuetto   3. Adagio   4. Finale: Presto
17 1 E maj. 1771 [Op.17 shows influence of Stamitz]
movements: 1. Presto   2. Menuetto   3. Adagio   4. Finale: Presto
2 F maj.
movements: 1. Moderato   2. Menuet: Poco allegretto   3. Adagio   4. Finale: Allegro di molto
3 E-flat maj.
movements: 1. Andante grazioso   2. Menuet: Allegretto   3. Adagio   4. Allegro di molto
4 C min.
movements: 1. Moderato   2. Menuet: Allegretto   3. Adagio cantabile   4. Finale: Allegro
5 C maj. "Recitative"
movements: 1. Moderato   2. Menuet: Allegretto   3. Adagio   4. Finale: Presto
6 D maj.
movements: 1. Presto   2. Menuet   3. Largo   4. Finale: Allegro
20 1 E-flat maj. 1772 "Sonnenquartette" (The Sun Quartets)
movements: 1. Allegro moderato   2. Menuet: un poco allegretto   3. Affettuoso e sosteunto   4. Finale: Presto
2 C maj.
movements: 1. Moderato   2. Capriccio: Adagio   3. Menuet: Allegretto   4. Fuga a quattro soggeti: Allegro
3 G min.
movements: 1. Allegro con spirito   2. Menuet: Allegretto   3. Poco adagio   4. Allegro di molto
4 D maj.
movements: 1. Allegro di molto   2. Poco adagio e affettuoso   3. Menuet alla zingarese   4. Presto e scherzando
5 F min.
movements: 1. Moderato   2. Menuet   3. Adagio   4. Fuga a due soggetti
6 A maj.
movements: 1. Allegro di molto e scherzando   2. Adagio   3. Menuetto   4. Fuga a tre soggetti: Allegro
33 1 B min. 1781; pub. 1782 The Russian Quartets (also called "Jungfernquartette" or "Maiden" quartets, as well as "Gli scherzi"). Dedicated to the Grand Duke Paul of Russia. [first appearance of the Scherzo (fast Minuets)]
movements: 1. Allegro moderato   2. Scherzo: Allegro   3. Andante   4. Presto
2 E-flat maj. "The Joke"
movements: 1. Allegro moderato, cantabile   2. Scherzo: Allegro   3. Largo sostenuto   4. Finale: Presto
3 C maj. "Vogel" ("The Bird")
movements: 1. Allegro moderato   2. Scherzo: Allegretto   3. Adagio   4. Finale. Rondo: Presto
4 B-flat maj.
movements: 1. Allegro moderato   2. Scherzo: Allegretto   3. Largo   4. Presto
5 G maj. "How do you do?"
movements: 1. Vivace assai   2. Largo e cantabile   3. Scherzo: Allegro   4. Finale: Allegretto
6 D maj. [possibly the one remaining of an original set of three]
movements: 1. Vivace assai   2. Andante   3. Scherzo: Allegretto   4. Finale: Allegretto
42 D min. 1785; pub. 1786
movements: 1. Andante ed innocentemente   2. Menuet   3. Adagio e cantabile   4. Finale: Presto
50 1 B-flat maj. 1787; pub. 1787 Dedicated to King Frederick William II of Prussia (The Prussian Quartets) [quartets influenced by Mozart]
movements: 1. Allegro   2. Adagio non lento   3. Poco allegretto   4. Finale: Vivace
2 C maj.
movements: 1. Vivace   2. Adagio cantabile   3. Menuetto: Allegretto   4. Finale: Vivace assai
3 E-flat maj.
movements: 1. Allegro con brio   2. Andante più tosto allegretto   3. Menuetto. Allegretto   4. Finale
4 F sharp min.
movements: 1. Allegro spirito   2. Andante   3. Menuetto: Poco allegretto   4. Finale. Fuga: Allegro moderato
5 F maj. slow movement (2nd. mvmt.) popular title: "Ein Traum"
movements: 1. Allegro moderato   2. Poco adagio   3. Menuetto   4. Finale: Vivace
6 D maj. "The Frog"
movements: 1. Allegro   2. Poco adagio   3. Menuetto: Allegretto   4. Finale: Allegro con spirito
51  1-7   1787 The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross arr. for Quartet (orig. full orchestra).
movements: 1.   2.   3.   4.   5.   6.   7.
54 1 G maj. 1788; pub. 1789 (Tost I Quartets)
movements: 1. Vivace assai   2. Allegretto   3. Menuet   4. Vivace
2 C maj.
movements: 1. Vivace   2. Adagio   3. Menuetto: Allegretto   4. Adagio
3 E maj.
movements: 1. Allegretto   2. Largo   3. Menuetto: Allegretto   4. Finale: Presto
55 1 A maj. (Tost II Quartets)
movements: 1. Allegro   2. Adagio cantabile   3. Menuet   4. Finale: Vivace
2 F min. and maj. "The Razor"
movements: 1. Andante   2. Allegro   3. Menuetto: Allegretto   4. Presto
3 B-flat maj. [more chromatic, possibly an influence of Mozart]
movements: 1. Vivace assai   2. Adagio ma non troppo   3. Menuetto   4. Presto
64 1 C maj. (Tost III Quartets)
movements: 1. Allegro moderato   2. Menuet: Allegro ma non troppo   3. Allegretto scherzando   4. Finale: Presto
2 B min.
movements: 1. Allegro spirito   2. Adagio ma non troppo   3. Menuet: Allegretto   4. Finale: Presto
3 B-flat maj.
movements: 1. Vivace assai   2. Adagio   3. Minuet: Allegretto   4. Finale: Allegro con spirito
4 G maj.
movements: 1. Allegro con brio   2. Menuetto and Trio   3. Adagio cantabile sostenuto   4. Finale: Presto
5 D maj. 1790 "The Lark"
movements: 1. Allegro moderato   2. Adagio   3. Menuetto: Allegretto   4. Finale: Vivace
6 E-flat maj.
movements: 1. Allegro   2. Andante   3. Menuetto: Allegretto   4. Finale: Presto
71 1 B-flat maj. 1793; pub. 1795 Dedicated to Count Anton Apponyi (The Apponyi Quartets)
movements: 1. Allegro   2. Adagio   3. Menuetto: Allegretto   4. Vivace
2 D maj.
movements: 1. Adagio -- Allegro   2. Adagio cantabile   3. Menuetto: Allegro   4. Finale: Allegretto -- Vivace
3 E-flat maj.
movements: 1. Vivace   2. Andante con moto   3. Menuetto   4. Finale: Vivace
74 1 C maj. (The Apponyi Quartets)
movements: 1. Allegro moderato   2. Andantino grazioso   3. Menuetto: Allegretto   4. Finale: Vivace
2 F maj. "The Military"
movements: 1. Allegro spirito   2. Andante grazioso   3. Menuetto: Allegro   4. Finale: Presto
3 G min. Reiterquartett, ("The Rider" or "The Horseman")
movements: 1. Allegro   2. Largo assai   3. Menuetto and Trio: Allegretto   4. Finale: Allegro con brio
76 1 G maj. 1797; pub. 1799 Dedicated to Count Joseph Erdödy (The Erdödy Quartets) [more experimental; sparser, more fragmented textures]
movements: 1. Allegro con spirito   2. Adagio sostenuto   3. Menuetto: Presto   4. Allegro ma non troppo
2 D min. Quintenquartett, "Fifths Quartet", also called "The Bell" and "The Donkey". minuet: Hexen-Menuett, "Witches Minuet"
movements: 1. Allegro   2. Andante o più tosto allegretto   3. Menuetto: Allegro ma non troppo   4. Vivace assai
3 D maj. "Kaiserquartett" ("Emperor") [named for its variations on Haydn's "Emperor's Hymn" melody]
movements: 1. Allegro   2. Poco adagio, cantabile   3. Menuetto: Allegro   4. Finale: Presto
4 B-flat maj. "Sonneaufgang" ("Sunrise")
movements: 1. Allegro con spirito   2. Adagio   3. Menuetto: Allegro   4. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo
5 D maj. slow movment: "Graveyard Largo"
movements: 1. Allgretto   2. Largo ma non troppo: cantabile e mesto   3. Menuetto: Allegro   4. Finale: Presto
6 E-flat maj.
movements: 1. Allegretto -- Allegro   2. Fantasia: Adagio   3. Menuetto: Presto   4. Finale: Allegro spirituoso
77 1 G maj. 1799; pub. 1802 Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz (The Lobkowitz Quartets) "The Compliment Quartet"
movements: 1. Allegro moderato   2. Adagio   3. Menuetto: Presto   4. Finale: Presto
2 F maj. "Wait Till the Clouds Roll By"
movements: 1. Allegro moderato   2. Menuetto: Presto ma non troppo   3. Andante   4. Finale: Vivace assai
103 B-flat maj./D min. 1803; pub. 1806 unfinished: movements: 2 and 3 only "The Swan Song"
movements:   2. Andante grazioso   3. Menuetto ma non troppo. Presto