DXXXVI. HAYDN, Franz Joseph: String Quartet #12 in C Major, Op. 9, No. 1

DXXXVI. HAYDN, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)

String Quartet #12 in C Major, Op. 9, No. 1 (1769)
1. Adagio
2. Menuet
3. Scherzo. Presto
4. Menuet
5. Finale. Presto
Aeolian String Quartet
(23:27)
[scrolling score]

Written just three years after his elevation to the full rank of Kapellmeister in the employ of the Esterházy family, these early quartets show his making the form his own. The two minuets perhaps underscore the importance of the dance, even in this medium where the audience was probably seated.

Esterháza