Raff: String Quartets Nos. 6–8, Op. 192

Composer: Joachim Raff (1822-1882) Editor: Stefan König (1963-) Format: Study Score Instrumentation: String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello) Binding: ISMN: 9790004216453 Size: 6.5 x 8.9 inches Pages: 168 Urtext / Critical Edition Look Inside! PDF Preview Description When his musical triad, Op. 192 was created in the winter of 1873/74, Raff was one of Germany's most successful composers and the central artistic authority in the Hessian spa, royal residence and imperial city of Wiesbaden. with, Op. 192, Raff cultivated his reputation as an erudite composer who was a master of contrapuntal forms. By the time the string quartets were composed, he had already established himself as one of the most prolific and versatile suite composers of the 19th century, as is evident here in the various suite conceptions:, Op. 192, No. 1 (in in C Minor), as S uite in the ancient style , has with Baroque labels stylized dance movements follow one another. Die schön