Complete String Quartets (Dover Chamber Music Scores)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

ISBN 10: 0486223728 / ISBN 13: 9780486223728

Published by Dover Publications, 1970

About this Item

Dover reprint, first published in 1970, presents unabridged duplication of the Leipzig 1881-2 Serie 14 printed scores long considered the definitive instrumentation for Mozart's string quartets. Although the book boasts of its heartiness, with pages sewn rather than glued for use on music stands and bindings intended to be laid open flat, the publishers didn't guard against sun-bleached spines or shelfworn rubbings upon cover: minimal defects, still, for such a well-preserved resource. Very good to near fine condition. See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1768476696027

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complete String Quartets (Dover Chamber Music Scores)
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486223728
• ISBN 13: 9780486223728
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 1.6W x 23.75H x 30.96D centimeters 1.6 centimeters width by 23.75 centimeters height by 30.96 centimeters depth
• Weight: 839 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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  • Sheet Music
  • Classical Music

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Synopsis

This single volume contains all the string quartets of Mozart: the little-known early quartets in an Italianate manner composed between 1770 and 1773: the six quartets dedicated to Franz Josef Haydn (1782–85); the D Major Quartet (K.499) composed in 1786; and the last three quartets (1789-90) written for the King of Prussia. In addition to the 23 string quartets, the volume contains an alternate slow movement to the G Major Quartet, K. 156.
The music is photographically reprinted from the Breitkopf & Härtel printed score, still considered the standard, authoritative edition for the Mozart quartets.
Noteheads in this edition have been reproduced in a size large enough to be read easily from a music stand or the keyboard, and margins and spaces between staves are conveniently wide to permit written notes, harmonic analysis, fingerings, and running measure numbers. This edition is practical for study, reference, enjoyment — virtually any use.

About the Author

A child prodigy who blossomed into the Classical era's most influential composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) wrote more than 600 works in his brief life. His oeuvre encompasses a wide variety of genres, including symphonic, chamber, operatic, and choral music.