Mozart: The ’Haydn’ Quartets
Mozart: The ’Haydn’ Quartets By John Irving
1998 | 116 Pages | ISBN: 0521584752 | PDF | 2 MB
1998 | 116 Pages | ISBN: 0521584752 | PDF | 2 MB
This book is a guide to Mozart's six most famous string quartets, dedicated to his friend, Joseph Haydn. In addition to providing a full synopsis of each quartet this book examines the music in relation to Mozart's earlier quartets, considers the genesis of these six pieces and charts their reception through a broad range of sources: letters and diary entries, contemporary criticism and early biographies.