The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn

Floyd Grave (, Music Department at Rutgers University), Margaret Grave

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Oxford University Press Inc
26 February 2009

Music; Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750); Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830); Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Chamber ensembles; String instruments

A monumental accomplishment from the age of Enlightenment, the string quartets of Joseph Haydn hold a central place not only in the composer's oeuvre, but also in our modern conception of form, style, and expression in the instrumental music of his day. Here, renowned music historians Floyd and Margaret Grave present a fresh perspective on a comprehensive survey of the works. This thorough and unique analysis offers new insights into the creation of the quartets, the wealth of musical customs and conventions on which they draw, the scope of their innovations, and their significance as reflections of Haydn's artistic personality. Each set of quartets is characterized in terms of its particular mix of structural conventions and novelties, stylistic allusions, and its special points of connection with other opus groups in the series. Throughout the book, the authors draw attention to the boundless supply of compositional strategies by which Haydn appears to be continually rethinking, reevaluating, and refining the quartet's potentials. They also lucidly describe Haydn's famous penchant for wit, humor, and compositional artifice, illuminating the unexpected connections he draws between seemingly unrelated ideas, his irony, and his lightning bolts of surprise and thwarted expectation. Approaching the quartets from a variety of vantage points, the authors correct many prevailing assumptions about convention, innovation, and developing compositional technique in the music of Haydn and his contemporaries.

Going beyond traditional modes of study, The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn blends historical analysis and factual information with critical appraisal in a way that will engage all Haydn enthusiasts.

By: Floyd Grave ( Music Department at Rutgers University), Margaret Grave
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 568g
ISBN: 9780195382952
ISBN 10: 0195382951
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 26 February 2009
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part I: Points of Departure 1: The Repertory 2: Genre and Character 3: Texture, Ensemble, Technique, and Sonority Part II: Formal Perimeters 4: Sonata Form 5: The Dance Movement 6: Variation 7: Other Forms: Fugue, Rondo, and Miscellaneous Nonstandard Designs Part III: The Opus Groups 8: The Earliest Quartets (ca. 1755-60 [?ca. 1757-59]): Op. o; Op. 1 Nos. 1,2,3,4, and 6; Op. 2 Nos. 1,2,4, and 6 9: Op. 9 (ca.1768-70) and Op. 17 (1771) 10: Op. 20 (1772) 11: Op. 33 (1781) and Op. 42 ([?1784-] 1785) 12: Op. 50 (1787) 13: Op. 54/55 (1788)

Reviews for The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn

Both of them eminent scholars, Floyd and Margaret Grave bring to this undertaking not only a comprehensive knowledge of the existing literature but also an admirable ability to present their material coherently and to supplement it with their own analytical insights * Early Music * The book is intelligently organized, mindful of unfair value judgments against earlier works and simply packed full of information. * Karen Hiles, Cambridge journal Eighteenth-Century Music *