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Many of these moments emerged in their first piece, Haydn's Quartet in D Major, Opus 20. The second movement, Un poco adagio affectuoso brought a confluence of musical constraint and emotional effervescence. In giving the upper melody to the cello, the bass line to the viola and a flirtation of rising and falling scale passages to the first and second violins, Haydn's piece created a mood that the quartet conveyed as sad, thoughtful and full of wonder. While the fourth movement, Presto e scherzando presented a direct contrast--with its expulsions of happiness in the form of harmonic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Guarneri String Quartet: After 34 Years, They're Nearly Perfect | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

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