Presents
Joseph Mayseder
String Quartet No.5 in D Major, Op.9-New Edition
Mayseder’s String Quartet No.5 in D Major is a youthful work dating from 1814 when he was only 25. It is a highly dramatic, and often operatic work. The first movement, Allegro, opens with a brief, slow introduction in the lower voices before the music takes off with the cello initially taking the lead. What is surprising is that this is closer to a work of the middle Romantic period, anticipating Mendelssohn and Schumann. The second movement, Andante, is a set of six interesting variations based on a simple, sweet theme. The third movement, Scherzo, has a somewhat heavy feel due to the initial theme resting with the lower two voices. The second theme could have been from a Rossini opera. The finale, Allegro vivace, begins as a kind of moto perpetuum in the violin with others soon taking part in this rousing affair.
Joseph Mayseder (1789-1863) was born in Vienna. He began to study the violin at an early age and was quickly recognized as a child prodigy and was therefore turned over to the most famous violinists and teachers then in Vienna, Paul and Anton Wranitzky and Ignaz Schuppanzigh. He also studied composition with Emanuel Aloys Förster. At the age of 21, he was appointed concertmaster of the Vienna Court Opera and subsequently was appointed soloist of the K. und K. (Royal and Imperial) orchestra, which he later conducted. He was not only considered one of the finest violin soloists of his day, but also chaired Vienna’s leading string quartet. In addition to this, he was a respected composer, mainly of chamber music, whose works achieved great popularity not only in his lifetime but right up until the First World War. He was a sought after teacher and the famous soloist. Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst numbered among his students.
Our new edition, carefully edited by senior editors Tomasz Golinski and Raymond Silvertrust is first and only new edition ever made of this fine work. This is a quartet, with its beautiful melodies and excitement is sure to be a hit with concert audiences. It can also be recommended to amateur quarters who have an excellent first violinist.
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