. . . Joseph Haydn, String Quartet Op. 74, No. 3, "The Rider" . . . Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809 String Quartet in g minor, Op. 74, No. 3, "The Rider", 1793 In 1790 . . . Haydn turned 60, the six string quartets published in two separate sets as Op. 71 and Op. 74 scintillate . . . , Haydn essentially retired with a pension from his decades-long service as Kapellmeister to the Hungarian . . . where he was fêted as the greatest living European composer. At the height of his powers, Haydn

. . . Haydn, String Quartet Op. 71, No. 2 in D major . . . 1793 - 2 years after Mozart died. Op. 71/74 + Op. 76 = the 12 "london" quartets a "new phase . . . the 71/74 quartets have intros. a reflection of public nature of them: a call to attention 2nd movement

. . . . Haydn's last 14 quartets (comprising Op. 71, 74, 76 and 77) all show a new sense of adventure . . . Haydn, String Quartet in D major, Op. 71/2, "Apponyi" . . . Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809 String Quartet in D major, Op. 71, No. 2, 1793 Music appears to be . . . 's six quartets of 1793 (published in two sets of three as Op. 71 and Op. 74) are regarded as the first . . . Bach or Haydn where, within even a single genre, we are presented with an endless variety of riches

. . . the equal of Haydn’s Opp.71 and 74 quartets, if not those of Op.76. All three works are in 4 movements, and . . . in Austrian Hungary. There he sought out patrons from the Hungarian nobility as had Haydn. The Op.2 quartets . . . János Spech, String Quartet in g minor, Op. 2, No. 1 . . . deservedly forgotten. This is not the case with Johannes Spech’s three Op.2 string quartets. The Hungarians . . . composition in Vienna with Haydn and then spent most of his time in Buda and Pest, then German enclaves

. . . (Beethoven had yet to write a quartet, Haydn was writing his Op.74) but also because it is pleasing to play . . . Adalbert Gyrowetz, String Quartet in D Major, Op.13 No.1 . . . major European cities. Among his friends and acquaintances were Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Goethe . . . and Napoleon to name but a few. His style closely resembles that of Haydn and several of his . . . symphonies were published under Haydn's name by unscrupulous publishers trying to make an extra buck. Mozart

. . . Haydn and Mozart (Op. 18), exploded with the three magnificent quartets for Count Razumovsky (Op. 59 . . . ), effused into the dazzling richness of Op. 74 ("Harp"), smoldered with the cryptic severity of Op. 95 . . . Beethoven, String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135 . . . Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827 String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135, 1826 The String Quartet in F . . . Major, Op. 135 is Beethoven's last string quartet as well as his last complete opus in any genre. He