WGBH has hosted many string quartets in its performance studio. Hear three of the best, playing music by Joseph Haydn. Two hundred years ago — May 31, 1809, to be exact — Joseph Haydn died at age 76.

In a letter to the composer Zelter in 1829, Goethe described the string quartet as a conversation between four reasonable, intelligent people, and no one fostered that conversation with as much wit ...

WORCESTER - Haydn is among the composers who will be featured when Music Worcester presents the St. Lawrence String Quartet. The chamber ensemble is the Ensemble in Residence at Stanford University.

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Between 1768 to 1772 Haydn published three sets of string quartets, the Op 9, 17 and 20. He wrote no more quartets until his Op 33 in 1781, and these were more mature, creative and innovative in their ...

Too broke to buy a viola? Don’t let that stop you from making beautiful music. Sometimes, playing in a string quartet can get repetitive. Here’s how you can mix things up a bit. Violist Efdal Altun ...

The Maxwell Quartet draws fascinating parallels between the music of Joseph Haydn, the father of the string quartet, and Scottish folk music in their latest release, this week’s Feature Album on ABC ...