Classical String Quartet

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Classical String Quartet
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Haydns String Quartets

• Earliest quartets op. 17 op. 20
• Four movements
• Sonata-allegro
• Slow (ABA)
• Minuet
• Fast finale
• Independent parts
• No continuo

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Haydns String Quartets

• Op. 33
• Lighthearted, witty
• Finales are rondos or variations
• Minuets Scherzo (joke)
• EXAMPLE 105 Haydn, String Quartet in C Major,
  op. 33, no. 3

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Mozarts String Quartets

• Set of 6 quartets dedicated to Haydn
• EXAMPLE Mozart, String Quartet in C Major, The
  Dissonance Quartet

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Haydns Late String Quartets

• Expanded harmonic frontiers
• Humorous
• EXAMPLE Haydn, String Quartet Op. 76, No. 4

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Beethovens Early String Quartets

• Op. 18 set of six string quartets
• EXAMPLE Beethoven, String Quartet in , op. 18,
  no.
  

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From this lecture you need to know

• Significance of the string quartet as a genre
• Lines of influence
• Haydn Mozart Haydn Beethoven
• Four movement form
• Elements of Haydns style
• Know the score!