String Quartets, Vol. II, Op. 9: By Haydn (Softcover)

String Quartets - Volume II, Op. 9 ** by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) ** Edited by Georg Feder. String Quartets. Henle Music Folios. Pages: Vl I Part = 35 * Vl II Part = 27 * Va Part = 27 * Basso Part = 27. Softcover. 120 pages. G. Henle Verlag #HN206. Published by G. Henle Verlag.

The Weinzierl castle in Lower Austria, which still stands today, can be considered to be the birthplace of a chamber music genre, which is firmly established in our present-day repertoire. The young Haydn was invited to spend some time at this place by a wealthy musical friend and often met up with the steward at the castle, the castle priest and the cellist Anton Albrechtsberger to make music. Although his first two works for