Raff: String Quartets, Opp. 77 & 90
Composer: Joachim Raff (1822-1882) Instrumentation: String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello) Binding: ISMN: 9790004215197 Size: 6.5 x 8.9 inches Pages: 176 Urtext / Critical Edition Look Inside! PDF Preview Description Orchestrally-conceived, full of energetic vigor, and at times uncompromisingly modern: The two captivating quartets are now available as Urtext editions. 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 Beethove