String Quartets, Op. 20, Haydn

 


-String Quartets, Op. 20, Haydn-

The six string Quartets op. 20 is one of the works that earned Haydn the sobriquet "the father of the string quartet".


The Quartets of haydn are various. Also, String quartet, Op 20, No.2 is in C major. 


It's structure is composed in Moderato, Adagio, Minuetto Allegretto, Fuga a Quattro soggetti.

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