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nata-allegro form, Haydn often used a minuet for the second movement. The third movement was usually a slow piece and the fourth movement was usually another up-tempo form like the first movement. This order of movements differed from the traditional order, in which the second movement was a slow piece and the third movement was a minuet. By changing the order, Haydn expressed an element of the classical style, because the four movements are balanced in terms of their "expressive weight."7 Mozart also often used this order in his string quartets. For example, three of Mozart's "Haydn Quartets" have a minuet

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