Haydn String Quartet in G major [No. 66 / 13], Op. 77, No. 1 (Hob. III:81)
​- Movement I

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) string quartet, Movement I, Allegro Moderato (Hob. = Hoboken catalogue number)
The quartet serves as a worthy musical experience and as collaborative training, including those skills associated with intimate chamber music performance (and the celebrated Haydn encounter).

Edited for marimba quartet.  Score (15 pages) and parts (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello; 3 pages each).  One 5-octave marimba required for the cello part.  Other marimbas can be ranges of 4.3 octaves (low-A).

The viola part has been re-set in treble clef.
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Haydn String Quartett No. 13 - SCORE

Haydn String Quartett No. 13 - VIOLIN 1

Haydn String Quartett No. 13 - VIOLIN 2

Haydn String Quartett No. 13 - VIOLA

Haydn String Quartett No. 13 - CELLO

​Video: excerpt from Haydn String Quartet [6:22]

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A major figure in establishing eighteenth-century forms and stylistic characteristics of both the symphony and the string quartet, Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn was 67 years old when he composed the two Opus 77 string quartets (including Quartet No. 66 in G major, Op. 77, No. 1). Commissioned by Prince Franz Joseph Maximilian Lobkowitz (1772-1816) of Bohemia, these two quartets became known as the “Lobkowitz” quartets (ca. 1799). Along with the six Erdödy quartets (Opus 76), Quartet No. 66 was among Haydn’s most mature compositions, including the Classical era’s structural principles of the sonata form, perhaps representing the artistic pinnacle of the string quartet, previous to Beethoven’s crafting of the quartet genre, according to Britannica.com. Having completed only two of what were to be a set of six commissioned string quartets, these were to be the last of Haydn’s quartets before his death.