Haydn the Innovator: a New Approach to the String Quartets; edited by David Young

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This collection of essays grew out of lectures at the Royal Northern College of Music’s HaydnFest in 1999. Taking the quartet movement by movement, top Haydn scholars discuss the composer’s treatment of sonata form, the experimental nature of the slow movements, the miniaturist principle in the minuets and trios and the theme of closure in the finales. Additional essays explore the historical context and discuss performance issues. Music examples are plentiful and the book comes with a CD of recorded extracts.
Paperback. 140pp.