John Tavener, born 1944Richard Danielpour, born 1956Julián Carrillo, born 1875Leonid Hrabovsky, born 1935Gregor Joseph Werner, born 1693Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, born 1757Vittorio Rieti, born 1898 Elliot Griffis, born 1893Karel Boleslav Jirák, born 1891Johann Ernst Bach, born 1722Joseph Boulnois, born 1884Ján Jozef Rősler, died 1813Reynaldo Hahn, died 1947Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, died 1935Trevor Hold, died 2004
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The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes—ah, that is where the art resides!
Arthur Schnabel
February 10th, 2008
Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809
According to a list Haydn compiled of those works he considered his “true” string quartets, Op. 20 was his third set of six quartets, preceded by Op. 17 and Op. 9. All three sets were composed between 1769 and 1772, a period of merely three years in which the pioneering Haydn produced eighteen quartets. This burst of creative effort might well be regarded as the most important in the history of the string quartet. Showing a steady progress through Op. 9 and Op. 17 that yielded more than a few outstanding early works in the form, Haydn realized the full bounty of his exploration with Op. 20, six masterpieces conceived as an integrated set immediately regarded as a towering achievement, the very first crucial landmark in the history of the string quartet. « more »
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