Tag: Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor Op. 144

  • PROGRAM NOTES: SCHUMANN QUARTET

    PROGRAM NOTES: SCHUMANN QUARTET

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quartet in D major  K. 499 “Hoffmeister” Mozart’s most accomplished string quartets are generally considered to be the ten he wrote after moving to Vienna in 1781, beginning with the set of six dedicated to Haydn, published in 1785 and ending with the set of three dedicated to the King Friedrich Wilhelm II…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: THE DANISH STRING QUARTET

    PROGRAM NOTES: THE DANISH STRING QUARTET

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    Johann Sebastian Bach Well-Tempered Clavier II Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major BWV 876 (arr. Mozart) In 1782 Mozart’s patron, Baron Gottfried van Swieten, showed the composer a number of manuscripts of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and encouraged him to make string arrangements for performance at the Baron’s regular series of Sunday afternoon…