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Haydn's Thirty Celebrated (Berühmte) String Quartets

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A question came up at my chamber music session last evening. What is the origin of the so-named celebrated or berühmte string quartets of Haydn? More to the point, who selected them? I am aware of a few editions (Peters, Kalmus, International, etc.).
 
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The oldest edition available from Abe Books (a superb used book site) is Peters from 1910, edited by Moser and Dechert: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/...tette&sortby=19&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image1

Moser was a violist in the Joachim quartet, a biographer of Joachim's, and the editor of a number of chamber music collections: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Moser_(Musiker)

Dechert was a cellist: https://books.google.com/books?id=2...EIKTAA#v=onepage&q=hugo dechert cello&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=S...v=onepage&q=hugo dechert berlin music&f=false
 
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