Divertimenti a tre

for baritone (or viola da gamba/violin), viola & violoncello, Hob XI: 49–72, Urtext edition by Leonore and Günter von Zadow. Joseph Haydn wrote 126 divertimenti for baryton, viola and violoncello for his employer, Prince Nicolaus Esterházy, also known as the 'baryton trios'. The gamba-like baryton was tuned like the viola da gamba at the Esterházy court.

One historical source of these divertimenti shows that the baryton part was also played on the viola da gamba, the notes to be plucked were then bowed. Other sources show that the baryton part was also played an octave higher on the violin. Our edition contains the baryton part in both (original) treble and alto clef. Edition Güntersberg