TY - BOOK ID - 29237307 TI - Haydn, string quartets, op. 50 PY - 1992 SN - 0521399955 0521391032 0511620128 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - opus-50 KW - Haydn, Joseph, KW - Haydn, Franz Joseph KW - 526.30 KW - Genre- en werkbesprekingen KW - Muziekanalyses KW - Muziekgeschiedenis KW - Instrumentaal KW - Kwartetten KW - Strijkers KW - Strijkkwartet KW - Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) KW - 18e eeuw KW - Oostenrijk UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:29237307 AB - The Op. 50 string quartets contain some of the purest writing Haydn ever accomplished. In this first full account of these six quartets Dean Sutcliffe evaluates the Op. 50 in relation to Haydn's more frequently performed quartets and considers their relevance to the composer's wider output. A lucid and accessible discussion of the music emphasises the unity of each quartet: not only motivic unity, but unity also of texture, articulation, harmony and syntax. Each quartet is described in detail. The informative background provided by Dr Sutcliffe includes a brief history of the string quartet, and an assessment of Haydn's earlier works in this genre and of his role at Esterhaza. The description of the composition and publication of the Op. 50 quartets is based on the evidence of Haydn's surviving letters and the recently discovered autograph copies of Nos. 3 to 6 - a discovery which is vividly documented here for the first time. ER -