Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-372) and index.
Introduction; Part I: Points of Departure; 1 The Repertory; 2 Genre and Character; 3 Texture, Ensemble Technique, and Sonority; Part II: Formal Perimeters; 4 Sonata Form; 5 The Dance Movement; 6 Variation; 7 Other Forms: Fugue, Rondo, and Miscellaneous Nonstandard Designs; Part III: The Opus Groups; 8 The Earliest Quartets (ca. 1755-60 [?ca. 1757-59]): Op. 0; Op. 1 Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6; Op. 2 Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 6; 9 Op. 9 (ca. 1768-70) and Op. 17 (1771); 10 Op. 20 (1772); 11 Op. 33 (1781) and Op. 42 ([?1784-] 1785); 12 Op. 50 (1787); 13 Op. 54/55 (1788); 14 Op. 64 (1790)
15 Op. 71/74 ([?1792-] 1793)16 Op. 76 ([?1796-] 1797); 17 Op. 77 (1799) and Op. 103 ([?1802-] 1803); Notes; Bibliography; Index of Haydn's String Quartets; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
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Assessing Haydn's quartets, this work explores the circumstances of their creation. It reveals the conventions and novelties that govern their design and examines the wealth of textures, stylistic allusions, and rhetorical strategies that underlie their stature as a cornerstone of the chamber music repertory.