Home / Music / Ignaz Schuppanzigh told Schubert his quartet was 'nothing.'Music linernotes album music franz-schubertIgnaz Schuppanzigh told Schubert his quartet was 'nothing.'The leading string quartet player of early 19th-century Vienna dismissed a Schubert string quartet, reportedly saying: “Brother, this is nothing!” Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesSchubert's Op. 90 Impromptus embody his late style — simple on the surface, sophisticated underneathSchubert's final piano sonata spans four movements, opening with one of the longest first movements in the repertoire.Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 8 is a three-movement work with no scherzo — darker and more concentrated than its predecessors.Schubert's Op. 90 contains four impromptus, D. 899 — some of the most beloved short-form piano works ever written.Schubert wrote 15 string quartets starting as a teenagerExploreCafé Blue became a reference disc for audiophile testingClose to the Edge was so laborious it drove Bill Bruford to King CrimsonForever Changes was the final album from Love's original lineupFuture Days was Damo Suzuki's last album with CanSchubert's Death and the Maiden quartet takes its name from the composer's own songPrevious J.C. Bach bridged the Baroque and Classical erasNext Homogenic reached No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart