Mozart: The 'Haydn' Quartets - Hardback

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.

• | Author: John Irving
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 08, 1998
• | Number of Pages: 116 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0521584752
• | ISBN-13: 9780521584753