Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet

Name: Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet
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ISBN: 9780521000420

ISBN-10: 0521000424

ISBN-13: 9780521000420

Edition: 2002

Authors: Robin Stowell

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An authoritative survey of the string quartet by ten chamber music specialists, this text focuses on four main areas; social and musical background to the genre's development; celebrated ensembles and their significance; string quartet playing; and 'mixed ensemble' works involving the string quartet.

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/13/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.89" wide x 9.65" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English




Social Changes and Organological Developments



The string quartet and society




Developments in instruments, bows and accessories




Celebrated Ensembles



From chamber to concert hall




The concert explosion and the age of recording




Playing String Quartets



Playing quartets: a view from the inside




Historical awareness in quartet performance




Extending the technical and expressive frontiers




The String Quartet Repertory



The origins of the quartet




The Classical style: Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries




Beethoven and the Viennese legacy




The Austro-Germanic quartet tradition in the nineteenth century




Traditional and progressive nineteenth-century trends: France, Italy, Great Britain and America




Nineteenth-century national traditions and the string quartet




The string quartet in the twentieth century




The string quartet as a foundation for larger ensembles