The String Quartet & The Symphony
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Haydn, with the assistance of Mozart, established both the string quartet and the symphony as principal modes of musical expression in Western music. Each form was given a new expressive depth and an increased range of technical possibility by these two masters. Ideas from the quartets, especially the establishment of a more or less standard progression of movements, carried over to their work in symphonic form. But there are great internal and emotional differences between the two forms. One of the principal differences between chamber music and symphonies in the late eighteenth century was that the former was meant for playing and the latter for listening. Works such as the string quartets of Haydn and Mozart were largely meant for the "discerning ears" of groups of skilled amateurs whose private performances might be presented to "small audiences of connoisseurs." But symphonies were written to be enjoyed by the concert-going public. Haydn's symphonies were the popular center of a career that made his fortune and the pieces were very widely played. Mozart's symphonies, however, placed "unusual demands on the performers" and, since they "required a fully pro
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