The String Quartet Game (Round Three)

[The One]

Beethoven - String Quartet no. 7 in F major, op. 59/1 "Razumovsky" - 24
Berg - Lyric Suite for String Quartet - 95 (+1)
Czernowin - String Quartet - 22
Finnissy - String Quartet no. 1 - 14

Haydn - String Quartet in B minor, op. 33/1 - 49 (+3)
Maderna - Quartetto per archi in due tempi - 10
Mozart - String Quartet no. 14 in G major, K 387 "Spring" - 75 (+1)
Myaskovsky - String Quartet no. 5 in E minor, op. 47 - 45

Schubert - String Quartet no. 13 in A minor, D 804, op. 29 "Rosamunde" - 75 (+5)
Shostakovich - String Quartet no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 138 - 39
Taneyev - String Quartet no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 4 - 57
Vasks - String Quartet no. 4 - 8
Weinberg - String Quartet no. 13, op. 118 - 10

[North Star]

Round over

Beethoven - String Quartet no. 7 in F major, op. 59/1 "Razumovsky" - 24
Berg - Lyric Suite for String Quartet - 100 (+5)
Czernowin - String Quartet - 22
Finnissy - String Quartet no. 1 - 14

Haydn - String Quartet in B minor, op. 33/1 - 49
Maderna - Quartetto per archi in due tempi - 10
Mozart - String Quartet no. 14 in G major, K 387 "Spring" - 77 (+2)
Myaskovsky - String Quartet no. 5 in E minor, op. 47 - 45

Schubert - String Quartet no. 13 in A minor, D 804, op. 29 "Rosamunde" - 76 (+1)
Shostakovich - String Quartet no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 138 - 39
Taneyev - String Quartet no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 4 - 57
Vasks - String Quartet no. 4 - 8
Weinberg - String Quartet no. 13, op. 118 - 10

[André]

That one's in Round 8 - hope you're a patient individual.

I'm retired. 

[André]

I'm particularly happy to see K 387 and the « Rosamunde » get the 2nd and 3rd spots.

[Mahlerian]

I'm particularly happy to see K 387 and the « Rosamunde » get the 2nd and 3rd spots.

This time I was kinda hoping Haydn would make it in...after all, I nominated it.     Though I did nominate the Lyric Suite too (I think?).

[Sammy]

Advancing to the final round:

Berg - Lyric Suite for String Quartet
Mozart - String Quartet no. 14 in G major, K 387 "Spring"
Schubert - String Quartet no. 13 in A minor, D 804, op. 29 "Rosamunde"

I'll be back later today with Round Four.

[André]

This time I was kinda hoping Haydn would make it in...after all, I nominated it.     Though I did nominate the Lyric Suite too (I think?).

I prefer to have just one Haydn quartet advancing to the finals, and hope that op 76/2 wins !

[Gurn Blanston]

I prefer to have just one Haydn quartet advancing to the finals, and hope that op 76/2 wins !

The numbers are against you. He wrote at least 68, 50 of which are considered among the best ever. No one else is in the ballpark. FWIW, I am very partial to 76/2 myself, it is one of my 2 top faves (Op 50/1).

[The One]

... 50 of which are considered among the best ever.

Considered by whom? Nine out of ten dental hygienists recommend the triple action mouth wash but...😏

[Gurn Blanston]

Considered by whom? Nine out of ten dental hygienists recommend the triple action mouth wash but...😏

People who are experts in such things.

[Ken B]

Considered by whom? Nine out of ten dental hygienists recommend the triple action mouth wash but...😏

Mostly by people who have never heard a Quartet I suppose. God forfend that anyone should be referring to the consensus of generations of listeners. I mean, who would ever call Shakespeare a great dramatist either? 

People who are experts in such things.

Heresy!

[San Antone]

Mostly by people who have never heard a Quartet I suppose. God forfend that anyone should be referring to the consensus of generations of listeners. I mean, who would ever call Shakespeare a great dramatist either? 

Yes, but the Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere was.