Beethoven Quartet Companion

Name: Beethoven Quartet Companion
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ISBN: 9780520204201

ISBN-10: 0520204204

ISBN-13: 9780520204201

Edition: 1994

Authors: Robert Winter, Robert Martin

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While the Beethoven string quartets are to chamber music what the plays of Shakespeare are to drama, even seasoned concertgoers will welcome guidance with these personal and sometimes enigmatic works. This collection offers Beethoven lovers both detailed notes on the listening experience of each quartet and a stimulating range of more general perspectives: Who has the quartets' audience been? How were the quartets performed before the era of sound recordings? What is the relationship between "classical" and "romantic" in the quartets? How was their reception affected by social and economic history? What sorts of interpretive decisions are made by performers today? TheCompanionbrings…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/8/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Perspectives


Beethoven Quartet Audiences: Actual, Potential, Ideal



Performing the Beethoven Quartets in Their First Century



Beethoven: Beyond Classicism



The Patrons and Publics of the Quartets: Music, Culture, and Society in Beethoven's Vienna



The Quartets in Performance: A Player's Perspective



Notes on the Quartets



The Early Quartets


String Quartet in F Major, after the Piano Sonata in E Major, Op. 14 no. 1


String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18 no. 1


String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18 no. 2


String Quartet in D Major, op. 18 no. 3


String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 no. 4


String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18 no. 5


String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 no. 6


The Middle Quartets


String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59 no. 1


String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59 no. 2


String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59 no. 3


String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 74


String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, Quartett[o] serioso


The Late Quartets


String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 127


String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 130


String Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131


String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132


Grosse Fuge for String Quartet, Op. 133


String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135


Glossary


Index