Walter Meyer wrote:

>This is getting unnerving.  I used to say in jest, and now, less so, that
>none of Haydn's works seem to be by him, viz., the St. Anthony Chorale,
>the "Serenade", one or more of "his" cello concertos, etc.  And now, the
>quartet version of the Seven Last Words?

I looked up this work in the "New Groves" dictionary, the Hoboken catalog
of works, and - indirectly via these sources - the first edition.  They all
agree that Haydn is the one who arranged the work, and certainly sanctioned
it.  Of course these sources are all a few years old, so maybe something
has come to light recently.

Mark K. Ehlert