Thank you, Alan! Haas's Quartet op. 8 is a worthy precursor of his later Quartet op. 50. It shows yet the typical style of the composer, with refined Regerian harmonies, but more playful and light-hearted in character, without Reger's heaviness.
The work remained unpublished and unperformed during the composer's lifetime, but he did never withdraw it. Te manuscript shows that it was first numbered as op. 9, later becoming op. 8. So Haas must have withdrawn another piece, but he kept the string quartet in his official opus list.
The work remained unpublished and unperformed during the composer's lifetime, but he did never withdraw it. Te manuscript shows that it was first numbered as op. 9, later becoming op. 8. So Haas must have withdrawn another piece, but he kept the string quartet in his official opus list.