Haydn - "Kaiser" Quartet in C Major - Mov. 2/4

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)

String Quartet in C Major Op. 76 No. 3Hob III:77 "Kaiser"

2. Poco adagio: cantabile

Performed by Quator Mosaiques

*This quartet boasts the nickname "Kaiser" or "Emperor", because in the second movement, Haydn quotes the melody from Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser ("God Save Emperor Francis"), an anthem he wrote for Emperor Francis II. This same melody is known to modern listeners for its later use in the German national anthem, Deutschlandlied.

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[Zendoaut]

I listened to this piece probanly a hundred times in various executions.

This one seems the best to me as far as one can speak of a "best".

Something is very different here though I cannot put a finger on it.

What is it?

Can someone better informed about classical music than me enlighten me, please?

[HARMONICO101]

This quartet is a HIP quartet. HIP stands for Historically Informed Performance, meaning that this ensemble plays instruments modified to the state they were when they were made in the 18th century, use gut strings or metal wrapped gut strings, and play with the taste and style of the classical era (which is surprisingly different compared to today's conservatory playing style). The intention is to replicate the sound of the era, and to play in a way that would have been familiar to Haydn.

[ThomasHospitaller]

Dear sir, Papa Haydn was a beloved man in his age, and a very, very nice person. Haydn happened to be quite generous and was no zealous jew-hating NSDAP member.

Please do not be so unfair and stereotypical towards people of Germanic heritage; it is really despicable and mean-spirited.

[dobermannbrother]

Deutschland, deutschland über alles...!!

[IntelRyMSACorporatio]

@Duffman2011TUT Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze Unsern Kaiser, unser Land!

[fail213]

fml, i thougt this is a rs vid -_-

[rhidel85]

Das Bild ist sehr pass für Die Kaiserquartett 2.Satz

[davlor86]

Hitler and Nazis gave Germany a bad name

[chockn]

i know you might not answer to this.. do you have a slower, sader version... the highest pitched violing needs to cry in agony for me. and the entire movement seems more enjoyable to me when it is played slightly slower

[EarlyRave84]

@wolffe93

at this time, franz II was the emperor of the "HRRDN"

[davlor86]

@EarlyRave84 Yeah, Germany and Austria are like Argentina and Uruguay in South America, I mean same language and accent, same heritage and similar country.

[rve61]

This is Austrian written For the Hapsbugs of the Austrian Hungarian Empire example this was played 16 july 2011 at Archduke Otto von Hapsburg funeral .

[11para35]

Hoch Habsburg!!!