Peter Hänsel: String Quartet in C Major, Op.20 No.3

Peter Hänselon a portrait by

artist Carl Traugott Riedel

Peter Hänsel (born 29 November 1770 in Leppe, Silesia Province; d. 18 September 1831 in Vienna) was a German-Austrian violinist and classical composer of almost exclusively chamber music. He has been recently viewed not only as the principal representative of the true quartet school of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,[1] but also the composer responsible for incorporating French and Polish influences into the Viennese classical style, thus serving as mediator between Germany, France and Poland.[2]

Like his contemporary Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), he was one of Haydn's composition pupils during the 1790s. He died in Vienna shortly before his 61st birthday.

 

String Quartet in C Major, Op.20 No.3

00:00 Allegro Con Brio 09:23 Adagio ma Non Troppo 15:14 Polonaise 19:37 Finale (Allegro Molto)

William Hamilton - Maria, Olivia and Viola from 'Twelfth Night' by William Shakespeare (1789)