G. Henle Verlag String Quartets Volume II (Early Viennese Quartets) - Mozart/Seiffert - Study Score - Book

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Editor: Wolf-Dieter Seiffert
Format: Softcover, Urtext Edition
Version: Study Score (pocket score)

After Volumes IV and III of the series with Mozart's complete string quartets appeared as Henle Urtext editions in early 2017 and 2019 respectively, Mozart expert Wolf-Dieter Seiffert next presented Volume II. Included are the "Early Viennese Quartets" from 1773, K. 168-173. Entries in the autograph manuscript by the composer's father Leopold, however, suggest that the ordering of the six works into a unified series of quartets was his doing. In his preface, Wolf-Dieter Seiffert shares brand-new findings on the actual chronology of the genesis of these quartets. Moreover, he succeeds in correcting what in prior editions were occasional inaccuracies in dynamics and articulation, thereby producing a new, assured musical text. With artistic input from the Armida Quartet, Volume II of the String Quartets also sets the benchmark in the Mozart Edition!

Contents:

• String Quartet F major KV 168
• String Quartet A major KV 169
• String Quartet C major KV 170
• String Quartet E flat major KV 171
• String Quartet B flat major KV 172
• String Quartet d minor KV 173