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Author | : William Kinderman |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2010-10-01 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0252091620 |
"We do not understand music--it understands us." This aphorism by Theodor W. Adorno expresses the quandary and the fascination many listeners have felt in approaching Beethoven's late quartets. No group of compositions occupies a more central position in chamber music, yet the meaning of these works continues to stimulate debate. William Kinderman's The String Quartets of Beethoven stands as the most detailed and comprehensive exploration of the subject. It collects new work by leading international scholars who draw on a variety of historical sources and analytical approaches to offer fresh insights into the aesthetics of the quartets, probing expressive and structural features that have hitherto received little attention. This volume also includes an appendix with updated information on the chronology and sources of the quartets and a detailed bibliography.
Author | : Robert Winter |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780520082113 |
"Reading The Beethoven Quartet Companion made me want to listen to the quartets again from a new sociological as well as musical perspective. It is an invaluable guide not only for professional and amateur musicians but also for anyone who is curious about culture and wants to find out more."--Yo-Yo Ma "These essays are the most readable, useful, and well-informed commentary available today on these masterworks. Michael Steinberg's 'program notes' to each quartet, directed at once to the musical beginner and to the expert, are as eloquent and persuasive as popular writing about music can get. . . . His essays are followed by equally expert and accessible contributions by other masters on The Master, providing literate music lovers with the context and equipment for a richer enjoyment and clearer understanding of these sixteen unique conversations among two violins, a viola, and a cello."--David Littlejohn, author of The Ultimate Art: Essays Around and About Opera "A fine collection of essays to assist the music lover in the seemingly endless quest to illuminate the Beethoven string quartets."--Arnold Steinhardt, The Guarneri String Quartet "This book delivers on the implied promise of its title--it provides a lively, readable, and wide-ranging introduction to the quartets. Readers at many levels of experience will find it profitable."--Lewis Lockwood, author of Beethoven: Studies in the Creative Process
Author | : Joseph Kerman |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780393009095 |
A critical study of the structure, style, and significance of the sixteen string quartets.
Author | : Joseph Kerman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Edward Dusinberre |
Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2016-01-19 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0571317154 |
'They are not for you but for a later age!' Ludwig van Beethoven, on the Opus 59 quartets. Tackling the Beethoven quartets is a rite of passage that has shaped the Takács Quartet's work together for over forty years. Using the history of the composition and first performances of the quartets as the backbone to his story, Edward Dusinberre, first violinist of the Takács since 1993 - recounts the life of the Quartet from its inception in Hungary, through emigration to the US and its present-day life as one of the world's renowned string quartets. He also describes what it was like for him, as a young man fresh out of the Juilliard School, to join the Quartet as its first non-Hungarian member - an exhilarating challenge. Beethoven for a Later Age takes the reader inside the life of a quartet, vividly showing how four people enjoy making music together over a long period of time. The key, the author argues, is in balancing continuity with change and experimentation - a theme that also lies at the heart of Beethoven's remarkable compositions.
Author | : Hans Keller |
Publisher | : Hans Keller Archive |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780993198366 |
[V.1] Four lectures -- [v.2] Supplementary scores.
Author | : Nancy November |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1107035457 |
The first detailed contextual study of Beethoven's middle-period quartets, encompassing reception history, early performance practices, aesthetic contexts and theatrical impetus.
Author | : Angus Watson |
Publisher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1843837161 |
A noted violinist and conductor, Watson is particularly well suited for his chosen task: outlining the historical context and character of more than 50 of the chamber works that Beethoven composed during his years in Vienna. Avoiding the pitfalls of becoming too critical or "academic," the author characterizes each composition in general terms only, and does not discuss changing styles of performance. Instead, Watson provides information on a work's historical background and character, and on the musical points of interest in each movement. He pays special attention to the influence of Beethoven's large-scale compositions on his chamber music, and on the composer's increasing mastery of improvisation. Filling a hole in scholarship on Beethoven's compositions, this book will be greatly appreciated by professional and amateur musicians.
Author | : Ludwig Van Beethoven |
Publisher | : Performer's Edition |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 2009-12-30 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1450518656 |
Originally written as the finale of Beethoven's 13th Quartet (Op. 130), the Grosse Fuge was later published as a separate work following the poor reception of that quartet by the public. In its current form, the Grosse Fuge (Op. 134), has become much loved among Beethoven afficianados and is seen as one of his most "contemporary" works.
Author | : David Rounds |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Spotlighting the four women of the Lafayette Quartet, a leading Canadian ensemble, Rounds offers both a comprehensive history of the beloved instrumental form and an inside view of the complex world of professional quartet players, revealing the exultation and heatache that are the performing artists' daily fare. A treat for every music lover, whether player, listener or composer.