Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50 (Cambridge Music Handbooks) [Paperback]

W. Dean Sutcliffe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 27, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0521399955 | ISBN-13: 978-0521399951

The Op. 50 string quartets contain some of the purest writing Haydn ever accomplished. In this first full account of the six quartets, Dean Sutcliffe evaluates the Op. 50 in relation to Haydn's more frequently performed quartets and considers their relevance to Haydn's wider output. Each quartet is discussed in detail. The background to these works 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 that is vividly documented here for the first time.

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' ... the author is able to relate this comparatively neglected part of the Haydn quartet literature to the rest of the composer's work and so produce a mongoraph which many should find interesting.' Musical Times

Book Description

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 that is vividly documented here for the first time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (March 27, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521399955
• ISBN-13: 978-0521399951
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,059,465 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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