Raff: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 77
Composer: Joachim Raff (1822-1882) Instrumentation: String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello) Work: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 77 Binding: ISMN: 9790004186084 Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches Pages: 88 Urtext / Critical Edition Look Inside! PDF Preview Description With his first String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 77, composed in 1855, the native Swiss composer Joachim Raff bid a brilliant farewell to Weimar. He had been there as Franz Liszt's assistant since 1850 and had made a name for himself in the city's art scene – now he embarked on new paths. He composed his second Quartet in A Major, Op. 90, already in 1857 in Wiesbaden, the spa town that was to become his home for 21 years. The two quartets are unequivocal works: orchestrally-conceived, full of energetic vigor, and at times uncompromisingly modern. They confidently continue the Beethoven tradition and attest at the same time to Raff's intensive confrontation with Richard Wagner's music during