Mozart: The 'Haydn' Quartets

Mozart: The 'Haydn' Quartets

Mozart: The 'Haydn' Quartets

Mozart: The 'Haydn' Quartets

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Overview

This book is a guide to Mozart's six most famous string quartets, dedicated to his friend, Joseph Haydn. In addition to providing a full synopsis of each quartet this book examines the music in relation to Mozart's earlier quartets, considers the genesis of these six pieces and charts their reception through a broad range of sources: letters and diary entries, contemporary criticism and early biographies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521584753
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 01/08/1998
Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
Pages: 116
Product dimensions: 5.67(w) x 8.82(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

1. Mozart's early quartets; 2. Genesis of the 'Haydn' quartets; 3. Steps to publication; 4. The individual quartets: a synopsis; 5. Some theoretical perspectives; 6. Reception of the 'Haydn' quartets; Appendix; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.
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