Peter Hansel: Three String Quartets, Opus 5 (Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era) (English and French Edition)

By Mark Alan Leach

Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era, vol. 78 Contemporary critics viewed Peter H?nsel (1770?1831) as a principal representative of the "true" quartet school of Haydn and Mozart. Having studied composition with Haydn during the 1790s, H?nsel maintained a relatively conservative compositional stance throughout his career, carrying Haydn?s late style well into the nineteenth century while still managing to develop his own voice. A composer of almost exclusively chamber music, his fifty-eight string quartets stand out as his most significant contributions. The opus 5 quartets in particular represent H?nsel?s debt to Haydn and his mastery of the quintessential Viennese Classical idiom. This edition presents the opus 5 quartets for the first time in a modern edition, providing an important resource for H?nsel scholars and modern performers looking for new Classical-period repertory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895796465
• ISBN13: 9780895796462
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: A-R Editions
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.