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String Quartet in E Flat Major Hob.III:20 : 1. Moderato
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@elaineblackhurst1509

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Haydn String Quartets

10 early ‘divertimenti a quattro’ Opus 0, 1 and 2^
6 Opus 9
6 Opus 17
6 Opus 20
6 Opus 33
1 Opus 42
6 Opus 50
6 Opus 54/55
6 Opus 64
6 Opus 71/74
6 Opus 76
2 Opus 77
…and the unfinished quartet Opus 103

I make that 68.

Not sure of the point of your ‘69’ correction and misinformation that is unhelpful to any casual passer-by.

^ The ten early quartets:
Opus 0 (1 quartet)
Opus 1 Nos 1 2 3 4 and 6
Opus 2 Nos 1 2 4 and 6.



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@adityabhattacharyya8302

This right here is the birth of the classical string quartet. The Op 20 quartets are one of the greatest creations of mankind period! They are still so criminally underrated

@elaineblackhurst1509

Not sure Haydn’s Opus 20 is underrated, though it may be true to say it’s not as well known (in some parts of the world - not all) as it might be.

The set is in fact one of the most important breakthroughs in Western classical music, as Haydn here defines what is to be a string quartet, and establishes a genre into which future composers to the present day have chosen to pour some of their most profound thoughts.

Opus 20 was deeply admired by Mozart, and studied intently by Beethoven (who spent time copying out this quartet); it was recognised from the outset by the foremost judges in the terms you use in your comment.

@pdqbach4552

@@elaineblackhurst1509 There's no proof Mozart "deeply admired" any of Haydn's works. Mozart never mentions any of them in his letters. "Bonds himself admits: ‘All in all, however, the list of acknowledged specific parallels between Mozart’s quartets and Haydn’s earlier works in this genre is surprisingly meager.’"

Objectively speaking, Haydn's use of harmony is thin (vertically), actually, compared to many of his German contemporaries (Franz Ignaz Beck, Michael Haydn, Anton Schweitzer, whose works Mozart cared for more in his letters, and even Franz Ignaz von Beecke). A good thing or bad thing, depends on how you view it. Google "Instances of Academics Not Being Reliable (Regarding Music History and Other Things)."

@pdqbach4552

Have you listened to Franz Xaver Richter seven string quartets Op.5 (1756)?

@adityabhattacharyya8302

Yeah…I actually got to know about them from David Hurwitz’s channel. I listened to the Casall Quartett performances. Nice works but you get the feel that the works are kinda experimental. There are 3/4 movements and some start with slow movements. In some ways they remind me of Haydn Op 9 and Op 17

@pdqbach4552

@@adityabhattacharyya8302 Haydn has a keen sense for "musical humor", but he seems to be essentially self-taught in counterpoint and not good at any instrument himself. The sequences in the final bars of the fugue of Op.20 No.2, for example, demonstrates that.
Btw, in the article "Did Franz Xaver Richter invent the string quartet? Reflections on the 300th birthday of the composer, including a theory about Boccherini" Hartmut Schick says ""the musical texture with its concertante style in all parts exhibits remarkably "modern" traits that anticipate later developments of the genre.", "" it appears that Richter should be considered the inventor of the string quartet-the quartet with a genuine cello part-and as a composer who definitively inspired the development of the genre."

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@steveegallo3384

Outta sight....Gorgeous!

@fredvacher3998

I like this interpretation very much!

@luisfernandovillegas9005

Beautiful !!!

@johnmaloney4655

His quietest and deepest quartet. If ever there was music 'handed down by God'

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