G. Henle Verlag String Quartets, Volume III Op. 17 - Haydn/Feder - String Quartets - Parts Set

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

The autograph score of the Quartets op. 17 was in the possession of the imperial police chief Johann Nepomuk Neuwirth, whose widow gave it to the Wiener Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in 1875. It is said that Haydn "used to play the viola in quartet rehearsals" at the Neuwirth's house. Whether the Quartets op. 17 were composed for these gatherings can no longer be ascertained. However, even today they still have a fixed place amongst the music of all chamber music friends -- and in particular nos. 4, 5 and 6, which are very different to the divertimento style of the early quartets, are played again and again.

Contents:

• String Quartet E major op. 17,1 Hob. III:25
• String Quartet F major op. 17,2 Hob. III:26
• String Quartet E flat major op. 17,3 Hob. III:27
• String Quartet c minor op. 17,4 Hob. III:28
• String Quartet G major op. 17,5 Hob. III:29
• String Quartet D major op. 17,6 Hob. III:30