Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50

by W. Dean Sutcliffe

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521399955
• ISBN13: 9780521399951
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"