Emperor Quartet

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The Emperor Quartet is one of Joseph Haydn’s most famous string quartets, renowned for its noble slow movement based on the melody that later became the German national anthem.

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Emperor Quartet canonical 1
Emperor Quartet (English) 1
Kaiserquartett 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
string quartet
alsoKnownAs Emperor Quartet
surface form: Kaiserquartett

String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3
associatedWith Bundeshymne der Republik Österreich
surface form: Austrian Emperor’s Hymn

German national anthem
basedOnMelody Deutschlandlied
surface form: Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser
catalogueNumber Hob. III:77
composer Joseph Haydn
countryOfOrigin Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy
dedicatedTo Count Joseph Erdődy
genre chamber music
hasForm theme and variations (second movement)
hasMovement I. Allegro
II. Poco adagio; cantabile
III. Menuetto. Allegro
IV. Finale. Presto
hasTheme noble, hymn-like slow movement theme
historicalContext composed during Haydn’s late creative period
influenced later national anthem settings
key C major
languageOfTitle German
movementCount 4
notableFor slow movement based on the Emperor’s Hymn
theme that became the German national anthem
numberInSet 3
opusNumber Op. 76 No. 3
partOf String Quartets, Op. 76
surface form: Op. 76 string quartets
partOfSeries Haydn’s late string quartets
period Classical period
premiereDate 1797
rankInComposerOutput one of Haydn’s most famous string quartets
scoredFor cello
two violins
viola
style First Viennese School
surface form: Viennese Classicism
titleLanguageVariant Emperor Quartet self-linksurface differs
surface form: Emperor Quartet (English)

Kaiserquartett (German)
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 25 minutes
usesMelody Haydn’s Emperor’s Hymn in second movement
workNumbering String Quartets, Op. 33
surface form: Haydn string quartet Hob. III:77

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Joseph Haydn notableWork Emperor Quartet
Emperor Quartet alsoKnownAs Emperor Quartet
this entity surface form: Kaiserquartett
Emperor Quartet titleLanguageVariant Emperor Quartet self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Emperor Quartet (English)