G. Henle Verlag String Quartets, Volume IV Op. 20 (Sun Quartets) - Haydn/Gerlach/Feder - String Quartets - Parts Set

Author/Composer:

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH

Instrumentation:

STRING QUARTET

Model #:

51480208

Composer: Franz Josef Haydn
Editor: Sonja Gerlach, Georg Feder
Format: Parts Set, Urtext Edition
Instrumentation: String Quartet

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.

Contents:

• String Quartet (Sun Quartet) E flat major op. 20,1 Hob. III:31
• String Quartet (Sun Quartet) C major op. 20,2 Hob. III:32
• String Quartet (Sun Quartet) g minor op. 20,3 Hob. III:33
• String Quartet (Sun Quartet) D major op. 20,4 Hob. III:34
• String Quartet (Sun Quartet) f minor op. 20,5 Hob. III:35
• String Quartet (Sun Quartet) A major op. 20,6 Hob. III:36