Mozart: The 'Haydn' Quartets

by John Irving

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:	9780521585613
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/08/1998
Series:	Cambridge Music Handbooks
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning in 1980 for the novel The World According to Garp. That book, and a number of others, including The Cider House Rules, for which he won the 2000 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, have been turned into films. Other popular Irving novels include A Prayer for Owen Meany and Avenue of Mysteries. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Hometown:

Vermont

Date of Birth:

March 2, 1942

Place of Birth:

Exeter, New Hampshire

Education:

B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1965; also studied at University of Vienna; M.F.A., Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1967

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.