Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Volume III Op.17: String Quartet
String Quartets Book III op. 17
COMPOSER:
Franz Joseph Haydn
PUBLISHER:
G. Henle Verlag
INSTRUMENTATION:
String Quartet
PRODUCT FORMAT:
Study Score
The autograph score of the Quartets op. 17 was in the possession of the imperial police chief Johann Nepomuk Neuwirth, whose widow gave it to the Wiener Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in 1875. It is said that Haydn “used to playthe viola in quartet rehearsals” at the Neuwirth’s house. Whether the
Specifications
Composer | Franz Joseph Haydn |
Editor | Georg Feder |
Publisher | G. Henle Verlag |
Instrumentation | String Quartet |
Number of pages | 99 |
Product Format | Study Score |
Description Product Type | Studyscore |
Genre | Classical |
Style Period | Classic |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
ISMN | 9790201892078 |
Series | Henle Urtext Editions |
No. | HN9207 |
Description
The autograph score of the Quartets op. 17 was in the possession of the imperial police chief Johann Nepomuk Neuwirth, whose widow gave it to the Wiener Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in 1875. It is said that Haydn “used to playthe viola in quartet rehearsals” at the Neuwirth’s house. Whether the Quartets op. 17 were composed for these gatherings can no longer be ascertained. However, even today they still have a fixed place amongst the music of allchamber music friends and in particular nos. 4, 5 and 6, which are very different to the divertimento style of the early quartets, are played again and again.