This study edition complements the parts of the String Quartets op. 20 that have already been published in Henle Urtext (HN 208); a new preface by Christin Heitmann provides illuminating background information. Haydn did not assign the nickname “Sun Quartets”: it alludes to an edition of the time, in which the title page was decorated with a rising sun. The Quartets op. 20 are the last series in a group of earlier string quartets, but are clearly ahead of their time. The demanding fugues which close three of the six quartets are a particular structural feature.
- Vendor:
- Hal Leonard
- Composer:
- ed. Georg Feder and Sonja Gerlach Preface by Christin Heitmann
- EAN:
- 0
- Instrumentation:
- Study Score
- Minimum Order Quantity:
- 1
- Pages:
- 116
- UPC:
- 884088409609
- Format:
- Softcover. Study Score
- Subtitle:
- Henle Study Scores
- Original Currency:
- USD