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Pavel Haas: “From the Monkey Mountains”

by Georg Predota August 6th, 2024 Tags: Haas

The second string quartet by Pavel Haas (1899-1944) carries the unusual nickname “From the Monkey Mountains.” It references a popular holiday area in the rustic Vysočina highlands, popularly known as the Monkey Mountains, nestled between Bohemia and Moravia. A student

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