Complete string quartets


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This single volume study score contains all of Mozart's string quartets: the little-known early quartets in an Italianate manner; the six quartets dedicated to Haydn; the D Major Quartet; and the last three quartets written for the King of Prussia. In addition to the 23 string quartets, the alternate slow movement to the G Major Quartet, K.156, is included.




Mozart's String Quartets


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The Four and the One


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Spotlighting the four women of the Lafayette Quartet, a leading Canadian ensemble, Rounds offers both a comprehensive history of the beloved instrumental form and an inside view of the complex world of professional quartet players, revealing the exultation and heatache that are the performing artists' daily fare. A treat for every music lover, whether player, listener or composer.




Mozart: The 'Haydn' Quartets


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The six string quartets dedicated to his friend Joseph Haydn represent a turning point in Mozart's compositional development. 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 the six 'Haydn' quartets through close examination of the autograph revisions and looks at contemporary eighteenth-century analytical models. John Irving also charts the reception of the quartets, drawing upon a broad range of sources: Mozart's letters and diary entries, early newspaper reports, harmony/compositional textbooks, contemporary criticism and early biographies.




Mozart


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Album of Easy String Quartets, Volume I (Pieces by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and others)


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Includes: * HAYDN (Serenade) * HAYDN (God Save Francis, the Emperor) * MOZART (Minuet from Quartet in E-Flat Major) * BEETHOVEN (Cavatine from Quartet, op. 130) * MENDELSSOHN (Canzonetta from Quartet, op.12) * CHERUBINI (Scherzo from Quartet in E-Flat Major) * BACH (Aria, My Faithful Heart) * HANDEL (Largo, from Xerxes) * BEETHOVEN (Minuet from Septet, op. 20) * HASSE (Canzona) * BOCCHERINI (Minuet) * SCHUMANN (Dreaming from Scenes from Childhood, op.15)




Complete String Quartets


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This single volume study score contains all 23 of Mozart's string quartets: the little-known early quartets in an Italianate manner; the six quartets dedicated to Haydn; the D Major Quartet; and more.







Mozart's Music of Friends


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This study analyzes chamber music from Mozart's time within its highly social salon-performance context.