Russian Quartets
Russian Quartets (Die Russischen Quartette). Name given to Haydn's 6 str. qts., Op.33 (Hob. III:33), 1781, ded. to Grand Duke Paul of Russia. Also known as Gli Scherzi, from the character of their minuets, and as Jungfernquartette (Maiden qts.).
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