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  • PROGRAM NOTES: CASTALIAN STRING QUARTET

    PROGRAM NOTES: CASTALIAN STRING QUARTET

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    Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in D, Op. 76 No. 5 Having recently returned from his hugely successful visits to England and been liberated from financial woes, Haydn composed a set of six String Quartets, Op. 76 which were commissioned by Hungarian Count, Joseph Erdödy in 1797. Deviating from more traditional forms and establishing a…