Streichquartette - Heft 4, Op.20 (Sonnenquart.)

Description

This study edition complements the parts of the String Quartets op. 20 that have already been published in Henle Urtext (HN 208); a new preface by Christin Heitmann provides illuminating background information. 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