Tag: Apollon Musagète Quartet
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PROGRAM NOTES: APOLLON MUSAGÈTE QUARTET
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 In the Napoleonic era, when a Viennese aristocrat was thinking of entertaining friends at home, he might pop down to the local shop to pick up a six-pack—a six-pack of string quartets, that is. The most refined form of self-entertainment in the homes…