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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50

Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50 - Cambridge Music Handbooks

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Op. 50 string quartets contain some of the purest writing Haydn ever accomplished. In this first full account of these six quartets Dean Sutcliffe evaluates the Op. 50 in relation to Haydn's more frequently performed quartets and considers their relevance to the composer's wider output. A lucid and accessible discussion of the music emphasises the unity of each quartet: not only motivic unity, but unity also of texture, articulation, harmony and syntax. Each quartet is described in detail. The informative background provided by Dr Sutcliffe includes a brief history of the string quartet, and an assessment of Haydn's earlier works in this genre and of his role at Esterhaza. The description of the composition and publication of the Op. 50 quartets is based on the evidence of Haydn's surviving letters and the recently discovered autograph copies of Nos. 3 to 6 - a discovery which is vividly documented here for the first time.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521399951
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 785/.7194
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 128
Weight: 168g
Height: 217mm
Width: 138mm
Spine width: 8mm