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String Quartets, Opp. 42, 50 and 54 realist traditionOver a 50 year period, Haydn composed more than 80 string quartets featuring a range and variety of structural invention exceeded only by Beethoven's works. In this volume, the composer's mastery of the form is strikingly evident, particularly in the six popular and much recorded "Prussian Quartets." This volume contains the full scores of: Op. 42, in D minor (composed in 1785) Op. 50, Nos. 16 ("Prussian Quartets," composed in 1787 and dedicated to