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The Seven Last Words of Christ - Arrangement for String Quartet Hob. XX/1B

About the Composer

Joseph Haydn

His immense oeuvre documents the profound changes in music history during the second half of the eighteenth century, leading to the emancipation of instrumental music. His most important genres are the symphony and the string quartet, where he cultivated the technique of motivic-thematic development; he made significant contributions to the instrumental concerto and to piano music; during the last years of his life, he composed his great oratorios. Opera and art song take on a rather subordinate significance.

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G. Henle Verlag

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G. Henle Verlag e.K.
Forstenrieder Allee 122
81476 München
Germany
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www.henle.com

Seit 2008 ist im G. Henle-Verlag, herausgegeben vom Joseph-Haydn-Institut Köln, eine neue Urtextausgabe erhältlich, die die Streichquartettfassung endlich so zugänglich macht, wie Haydn sie sich vorgestellt haben dürfte.

Fono Forum, 2012

I have now received the parts for the string quartet version of The Seven Last Words, whose score I approved in our last issue. If I still played the viola, I’d certainly be happy reading from them. The avoidance of a page-turn before the attacca subito il terremoto is commendable.

Early Music Review, 2009

Die von Christin Heitmann betreute praktische Ausgabe folgt dem Text der … Gesamtausgabe und bietet – wie alle anderen vorgestellten Veröffentlichungen – den von Henle gewohnten hohen Standard.

Ensemble, 2009

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