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Tornyai Péter: Fritz und Franz
vonósnégyesre
score and parts
Setting: String Quartet
Genre: Contemporary Works
Period: Contemporary Music
Length: 48 pages
Format: 23 x 30,2 cm (Bach)
Weight: 0.21 kg
Published: October 1, 2025
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest
Item number: 15294
ISMN: 9790080152942
The piece's title refers to two historical moments in music history where a monarch played an important role in the creation of a musical work.
I. Fritz
The movement is a ricercar based on a theme given by King Frederick the Great of Prussia, on which Bach's Musical Offering is based.
II. Franz
According to László Somfai's discovery, Haydn hid an acrostic of the phrase 'Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser' ('God save Francis the Emperor') in the main theme of his String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3: g-e-f-d-c. These five notes - now with Haydn's harmonies - appear again and again throughout the movement as a simultaneity of independent voices (see the music example below).
Péter Tornyai
Contents | ||
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| 1. | Fritz | |
| 2. | Franz | |
