The Four and the One

The Four and the One
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.

Indivisible by Four

Indivisible by Four
Author: Arnold Steinhardt
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2000-06-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780374527006

The author tells of his own development as a student, "of how he and his intrepid colleagues were converted to chamber music ... [and of how] four individualists master and then overcome the confining demands of ensemble playing."--Jacket.

Harmony in Haydn and Mozart

Harmony in Haydn and Mozart
Author: David Damschroder
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2012-08-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107025346

Innovative analytical techniques provide a penetrating view of how Haydn and Mozart employ harmony in their compositions.

Michael Tippett’s Fifth String Quartet

Michael Tippett’s Fifth String Quartet
Author: Thomas Schuttenhelm
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2017-04-28
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1315437325

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of musical examples -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Pre-conditions -- 3 Creative cycles -- 4 Transformation-notation -- 5 Archetypes -- 6 Dreamscapes -- 7 From concept to composition -- 8 First movement: compositional peregrinations -- 9 Interlude -- 10 Second movement -- Bibliography -- Index

Classical Form

Classical Form
Author: William E. Caplin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2000-12-28
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0199881758

Building on ideas first advanced by Arnold Schoenberg and later developed by Erwin Ratz, this book introduces a new theory of form for instrumental music in the classical style. The theory provides a broad set of principles and a comprehensive methodology for the analysis of classical form, from individual ideas, phrases, and themes to the large-scale organization of complete movements. It emphasizes the notion of formal function, that is, the specific role a given formal unit plays in the structural organization of a classical work.

Dvořák

Dvořák
Author: Kurt Honolka
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781904341529

Accessible and affordable illustrated biography

The Faber Pocket Guide to Haydn

The Faber Pocket Guide to Haydn
Author: Richard Wigmore
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2011-02-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0571268730

Joseph Haydn is one of the greatest and most innovative of all composers, yet in some ways he is still curiously misunderstood. This engaging new Pocket Guide assesses what Haydn's music means to us today, and challenges some of the myths that have grown up around the composer. With suggestions for further reading and recommended CD recordings, Richard Wigmore's crisp and concise guide presents you with all you need to listen to and enjoy Haydn's music. It explores each of his key works, from his symphonies to his quartets, from his choral works to his sonatas, and invites a new generation of listeners to discover the depth and dazzling ingenuity of this most humane and life-affirming of composers.

Guide to Chamber Music

Guide to Chamber Music
Author: Melvin Berger
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 502
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486316726

Authoritative guide presents 231 of the most frequently performed pieces by 55 composers. A must for music lovers and musicians alike. "No lover of chamber music should be without this Guide." — John Barkham Reviews.