The String Quartets of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven: Studies of the Autograph Manuscripts

by Christoph Wolff

This volume represents the proceedings of an international musicological colloquium held at Harvard in March 1979. The broad spectrum of papers and extensive scholarly debate focuses on a quintessential repertoire of musical works from the classical era. The autograph sketches, drafts, and scores of various kinds are shown to be central sources for our understanding of the genesis and history, as well as for the analysis and performance, of the compositions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674843312
• ISBN13: 9780674843318
• Release Date: May 1981
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"