Walter Meyer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Bob Draper wrote:
>
>>Funny you should say that, because I have all the different versions of
>>the seven last words (5 in all).  My version of the quartet reduction is
>>the Shostakovich's ...
>
>Quartet reduction by Shostakovich? Is that different from what I always
>assumed was Haydn's own quartet version? ...

I think he means the Shostakovich Quartet. BTW, I recall reading that
there is no conclusive evidence that the SQ arrangement is actually by
Haydn. Anyone confirm/deny this?

Deryk Barker
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