This musical analysis workbook proposes an in-depth study of Haydn's musical language through one of his most significant works, the Six Quartets, op. 76.

The various aspects are broached starting from precisely annotated examples. Musical analysis is envisaged as a demanding discipline, concerned with detail, and seeks to bring out the qualities of the harmonic language, phrasing and form. By underscoring generalities and constants, the author does not, for all that, neglect the singularity ...