String quartet

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)’s lifelong involvement with the string quartet began in the 1750s with a series of works that proved to be among the most auspicious fruits of his early maturity. Haydn had enjoyed success as a singer at the cathedral and at court until his eighteenth year, but from that time on he was obliged to fend for himself as a freelance teacher and musician. As the occasion arose Haydn tried his hand in a variety of musical genres, composing sacred works, and pieces of instrumental

Diderot String Quartet. The performance was held at the Bruno Walter Auditorium in 111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, N.Y. at 2:30 p.m. The Diderot String Quartet performance that I attended was titled “Diderot String Quartet: Haydn and his Students.” The Diderot String Quartet performance is titled after the musical pieces of the concert, which included string quartets by Franz Joseph Haydn, Anton Ferdinand Titz, and Ludwig van Beethoven. The first musical piece performed was “String Quartet No. 1 in

“Mozart for Four Mozart: String Quartet in F Major, K 590 Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K 478 Performed by the Orion String Quartet and the Nash Ensemble” (gardnermuseum.org) For the purposes of this assignment I choose this particular concert because I find Mozart’s music to be intellectual and engaging, requiring deep concentration and an open mind to be able the comprehend the depth of his musical visions. In this paper a will attempt to explore the qualities I like and dislike

Presents: St. Lawrence String Quartet” at 8pm in CPMC, UCSD. Four artists performed it: Geoff Nuttall, Mark Fewer for violin, Lesley Robertson for viola, and Christopher Constanza for cello. They performed three String quartets, composed in different eras. The first one is “ String Quartet in C major, Op.76, No.3 ‘Emperor’,” composed by Franz Josef Haydn, 1732-1809. The second one is ”Five Pieces for Spring Quartet,” composed by Erwin Schulhoff, in 1923.The third one is “String Quartet in C-Major, Op.61

The “String Quartet in C Major op 76, no. 3, second movement” by Joseph Haydn is a string quartet, which is organized in formal section. The formal section is constant of themes and four variations. In the beginning of the quartet the theme had a homophonic texture and a timbre themed in the first viola. Listening to the music, I could hear the violin that sounded light with a cello and violin in the background. The first variation had a homophonic texture and the second violin was timbre. During

Known primarily as the "father of string quartets", Joseph Haydn played an extremely important role in the development of the string quartet. When the composer first arrived on the scene, the usual name given to a "string quartet" composition was actually considered a 'divertimento '. This title was a general term to describe any “one on a part” type instrumental music that was compatible with a variety of different music scorings, styles and character. It wasn 't until about 1780 that modern titles/terms

students from our class as well as being students from a theory class. The first piece String Quartet No. 5, Op. 18, by Beethoven, was very upbeat. It felt like I was in at formal dance or almost like a ballroom at a fancy party. It was very interesting to listen to as it had a very brisk pace, but then went to a tone that was a little darker and then followed with some happy again. The second song was String Quartet No. 4 by Leon Kirchner was quite interesting. The song had many notes that contrasted

My family and I attended the Attacca String Quartet concert at the Glema Mahr Chamber Music Series at Madisonville Community College on September 25, 2017. The musicians were Amy Schroeder, violin; Keiko Tokunaga, violin; Nathan Schram, viola; and Andrew Yee, cello. The concert began around 7:30pm. We had never attended an event such as this, and had no idea of what to expect. The atmosphere was calming, and chic. The volunteers were fabulous and engaging. The lighting was faint and

String Quartet No. 18 in A major, K. 464 The years 1784-1788 marked Mozart’s return to Vienna as he entered the busiest and most successful period of his life. It was during these years that Mozart composed two of his best known operas, The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. It was also during this time that Mozart composed six quartets in dedication to Haydn. String Quartet No. 18 in A major, was the fifth quartet in the set and was completed on January 10, 1785. Mozart’s quartet is in four

that it is also called "the music of friends." The ensemble is a more knowns musical group of people who perform instruments and vocal music. In Classical Music, trio and quartet depending on the sound of instruments such as string, piano, and winds instruments which are the most common in this period of the music. String Quartet is composed of 2 violins, viola, and a cello. Also, Piano Trio is constituted of piano, violin, and cello. On October 29, 2017, I attended the "Afternoon of Chamber Music"