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Robert Kapilow discussed Haydn's String Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5 during the "What Makes It So Great?" session.
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Robert Kapilow, composer, pianist, PT commentator
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Composer, pianist, and PT commentator Robert Kapilow joins Martin for another session of "What Makes It So Great?," examining the key moments that turn a good piece of music into a timeless classic. Today, Rob explains how the "pop" got into "Papa" Haydn through a dissection of the Finale of his String Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5, which Rob says is a brilliant reworking of broadly popular elements into highly sophisticated themes.

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