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thumbJoseph Haydn wrote 123 trios for the unusual combination of baryton, viola and cello. Three further trios for baryton, cello and violin (Hob. XI:89-91) are considered part of the series. As Sisman notes, they are the "most intensively cultivated genre" of Haydn's early career.

The baryton

The baryton is a bowed string instrument

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