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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (1756–1791). Trois Quatuors...Oeuvre XVIII, 3e Livre de Quatuors. ["Prussian" String Quartets: K. 575, 589, 590]. Paris: Imbault. c. 1792. Folio. 20+19+17+15 pp. Engraved. [PN] 345. With the notice of Pascal Taskin laid over the Imbault impression on the Violon I folio. Blue pencil notation on the title pages, usual foxing. A very fine and early copy of these late quartets. Gribenski 21.51.
"Any difficulty that Mozart may have had in starting the Quartet K. 575, intended to be the first of six for the cello-loving King of Prussia, may well be largely due to that patron's passion. When in June 1790 Mozart himself said the task was still 'troublesome,' he was surely alluding partly to the imbalance that had been caused by the need to give some prominence to the cello, and to his own innovaions of texture and emphasis, much weight being given to the finales. The three quartets which he completed are the D major, K. 575, entered in his catalogue in June 1789; the Bb major, K. 589, entered in May 1790; and the F major, K. 590, entered in June 1790." (Alec Hyatt King, "Mozart Compendium" (Landon), p. 296)
The quartets were first published by Artaria in Vienna, just after Mozart's death and shortly before the present edition.
"Any difficulty that Mozart may have had in starting the Quartet K. 575, intended to be the first of six for the cello-loving King of Prussia, may well be largely due to that patron's passion. When in June 1790 Mozart himself said the task was still 'troublesome,' he was surely alluding partly to the imbalance that had been caused by the need to give some prominence to the cello, and to his own innovaions of texture and emphasis, much weight being given to the finales. The three quartets which he completed are the D major, K. 575, entered in his catalogue in June 1789; the Bb major, K. 589, entered in May 1790; and the F major, K. 590, entered in June 1790." (Alec Hyatt King, "Mozart Compendium" (Landon), p. 296)
The quartets were first published by Artaria in Vienna, just after Mozart's death and shortly before the present edition.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (1756–1791). Trois Quatuors...Oeuvre XVIII, 3e Livre de Quatuors. ["Prussian" String Quartets: K. 575, 589, 590]. Paris: Imbault. c. 1792. Folio. 20+19+17+15 pp. Engraved. [PN] 345. With the notice of Pascal Taskin laid over the Imbault impression on the Violon I folio. Blue pencil notation on the title pages, usual foxing. A very fine and early copy of these late quartets. Gribenski 21.51.
"Any difficulty that Mozart may have had in starting the Quartet K. 575, intended to be the first of six for the cello-loving King of Prussia, may well be largely due to that patron's passion. When in June 1790 Mozart himself said the task was still 'troublesome,' he was surely alluding partly to the imbalance that had been caused by the need to give some prominence to the cello, and to his own innovaions of texture and emphasis, much weight being given to the finales. The three quartets which he completed are the D major, K. 575, entered in his catalogue in June 1789; the Bb major, K. 589, entered in May 1790; and the F major, K. 590, entered in June 1790." (Alec Hyatt King, "Mozart Compendium" (Landon), p. 296)
The quartets were first published by Artaria in Vienna, just after Mozart's death and shortly before the present edition.
"Any difficulty that Mozart may have had in starting the Quartet K. 575, intended to be the first of six for the cello-loving King of Prussia, may well be largely due to that patron's passion. When in June 1790 Mozart himself said the task was still 'troublesome,' he was surely alluding partly to the imbalance that had been caused by the need to give some prominence to the cello, and to his own innovaions of texture and emphasis, much weight being given to the finales. The three quartets which he completed are the D major, K. 575, entered in his catalogue in June 1789; the Bb major, K. 589, entered in May 1790; and the F major, K. 590, entered in June 1790." (Alec Hyatt King, "Mozart Compendium" (Landon), p. 296)
The quartets were first published by Artaria in Vienna, just after Mozart's death and shortly before the present edition.