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The String Quartets of Beethoven

Author : William Kinderman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252091629

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The String Quartets of Beethoven by William Kinderman Pdf

"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.

String Quartets

Author : Mara Parker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135848347

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String Quartets by Mara Parker Pdf

This research guide is an annotated bibliography of sources dealing with the string quartet. This second edition is organized as in the original publication (chapters for general references, histories, individual composers, aspects of performance, facsimiles and critical editions, and miscellaneous topics) and has been updated to cover research since publication of the first edition. Listings in the previous volume have been updated to reflect the burgeoning interest in this genre (social aspects, newly issued critical editions, doctoral dissertations). It also offers commentary on online links, databases, and references.

Intimate Voices: Debussy to Villa-Lobos. The string quartets of Debussy and Ravel

Author : David Clampitt
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781580462297

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Intimate Voices: Debussy to Villa-Lobos. The string quartets of Debussy and Ravel by David Clampitt Pdf

Leading authorities explore, in direct and accessible language, chamber-music masterpieces by twenty-one prominent composers since 1900.

Schubert's String Quartets

Author : Anne Hyland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781009210874

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Schubert's String Quartets by Anne Hyland Pdf

Franz Schubert's music has long been celebrated for its lyrical melodies, 'heavenly length' and daring harmonic language. In this new study of Schubert's complete string quartets, Anne Hyland challenges the influential but under-explored claim that Schubert could not successfully incorporate the lyric style into his sonatas, and offers a novel perspective on lyric form that embraces historical musicology, philosophy and music theory and analysis. Her exploration of the quartets reveals Schubert's development of a lyrically conceived teleology, bringing musical form, expression and temporality together in the service of fresh intellectual engagement. Her formal analyses grant special focus to the quartets of 1810–16, isolating the questions they pose for existing music theory and employing these as a means of scrutinising the relationship between the concepts of lyricism, development, closure and teleology thereby opening up space for these works to challenge some of the discourses that have historically beset them.

The String Quartets of Béla Bartók

Author : Dániel Péter Biró,Harald Krebs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199936199

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The String Quartets of Béla Bartók by Dániel Péter Biró,Harald Krebs Pdf

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) was one of the most important composers and musical thinkers of the 20th century. His contributions as a composer, as a performer and as the father of ethnomusicology changed the course of music history and of our contemporary perception of music itself. At the center of Bartók's oeuvre are his string quartets, which are generally acknowledged as some of the most significant pieces of 20th century chamber music. The String Quartets of Béla Bartók brings together innovative new scholarship from 14 internationally recognized music theorists, musicologists, performers, and composers to focus on these remarkable works from a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives. Focusing on a variety of aspects of the string quartets-harmony and tonality, form, rhythm and meter, performance and listening-it considers both the imprint of folk and classical traditions on Bartók's string quartets, and the ways in which they influenced works of the next generation of Hungarian composers. Rich with notated music examples the volume is complemented by an Oxford Web Music companion website offering additional notated as well as recorded examples. The String Quartets of Béla Bartók, reflecting the impact of the composer himself, is an essential resource for scholars and students across a variety of fields from music theory and musicology, to performance practice and ethnomusicology.

Beethoven's String Quartets

Author : Phillip Radcliffe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1978-09-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521219639

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Beethoven's String Quartets by Phillip Radcliffe Pdf

Beethoven's string quartets form one of the most intimate and revealing sections of his output, giving a full and varied picture of his musical personality. This study of the quartets by Philip Radcliffe, first published by Hutchinson University in 1965, was reissued by Cambridge University Press in 1978. Each work is examined in detail describing the development of Beethoven's style - a method that highlights the very strong individuality that remained unimpaired throughout the composition of these quartets. They are compared with Beethoven's other music and with the string quartets of composers before and since. This is a book which has proved itself to be of continuing value to the student of music at school and university level and to the general reader.

The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn

Author : Floyd Grave,Margaret Grave
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199883912

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The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn by Floyd Grave,Margaret Grave Pdf

Renowned music historians Floyd and Margaret Grave present a fresh perspective on a comprehensive survey of the works. This thorough and unique analysis offers new insights into the creation of the quartets, the wealth of musical customs and conventions on which they draw, the scope of their innovations, and their significance as reflections of Haydn's artistic personality. Each set of quartets is characterized in terms of its particular mix of structural conventions and novelties, stylistic allusions, and its special points of connection with other opus groups in the series. Throughout the book, the authors draw attention to the boundless supply of compositional strategies by which Haydn appears to be continually rethinking, reevaluating, and refining the quartet's potentials. They also lucidly describe Haydn's famous penchant for wit, humor, and compositional artifice, illuminating the unexpected connections he draws between seemingly unrelated ideas, his irony, and his lightning bolts of surprise and thwarted expectation. Approaching the quartets from a variety of vantage points, the authors correct many prevailing assumptions about convention, innovation, and developing compositional technique in the music of Haydn and his contemporaries.

String Quartets by Debussy and Ravel

Author : Claude Debussy,Maurice Ravel
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486319469

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String Quartets by Debussy and Ravel by Claude Debussy,Maurice Ravel Pdf

Superb one-volume edition of two influential compositions noted for individuality, unique interpretations, delicate and subtle beauty. This clearly printed volume is sturdily bound for long life on the music stand.

String Quartets for Beginning Ensembles, Volume 1

Author : Joseph Knaus
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1995-11-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781457401602

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String Quartets for Beginning Ensembles, Volume 1 by Joseph Knaus Pdf

Comprised of works from Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the Suzuki Violin School, which have been arranged for string quartet by violinist/arranger Joseph Knaus. With lower string parts providing melodic and rhythmic counterpoint to set off the simple melodies (which match the Suzuki Method® repertoire), these quartets are nevertheless simple enough for beginning level players ready for their first chamber music experience. String Quartets for Beginning Ensembles are sold in sets including full score and one part book per instrument. Titles: * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Theme and Variations (Shinichi Suzuki) * Lightly Row (Folk Song) * Song of the Wind (Folk Song) * Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) * O Come, Little Children (Folk Song) * May Song (Folk Song) * Long, Long Ago (T.H. Bayly) * Allegro (Shinichi Suzuki) * Etude (Shinichi Suzuki) * Perpetual Motion (Shinichi Suzuki) * Allegretto (Shinichi Suzuki) * Andantino (Shinichi Suzuki) * Gavotte (F.J. Gossec)

String quartets Nos 1-3

Author : George Whitefield Chadwick
Publisher : A-R Editions, Inc.
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780895795878

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String quartets Nos 1-3 by George Whitefield Chadwick Pdf

Pagination: xiii + 216 pp.

String Quartets No.1-15 - A Score for Strings

Author : Franz Schubert
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781473363649

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String Quartets No.1-15 - A Score for Strings by Franz Schubert Pdf

This book contains the complete scores for Franz Schubert's String Quartets 1-15. This modern reprint of the original scores features clear, large margins, making it ideal for students and musicians alike. Franz Peter Schubert (1797 – 1828) was a seminal Austrian composer. Even though he died before he was 32, he was extremely prolific during his lifetime, writing more than six hundred vocal works, seven symphonies, numerous operas, and much more besides. Schubert is now widely considered to be among the most important composers of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. With wide margins and clear note heads, this edition it ideal for following and studying the music, and it is not to be missed by collectors. Classic Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of classical music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.

Compositional Process in Elliott Carter’s String Quartets

Author : Laura Emmery
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780429621666

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Compositional Process in Elliott Carter’s String Quartets by Laura Emmery Pdf

Compositional Process in Elliott Carter’s String Quartets is an interdisciplinary study examining the evolution and compositional process in Elliott Carter’s five string quartets. Offering a systematic and logical way of unpacking concepts and processes in these quartets that would otherwise remain opaque, the book’s narrative reveals new aspects of understanding these works and draws novel conclusions on their collective meaning and Carter’s place as the leading American modernist. Each of Carter’s five string quartets is driven by a new idea that Carter was exploring during a particular period, which allows for each quartet to be examined under a unique lens and a deeper understanding of his oeuvre at large. Drawing on key ideas from a variety of subjects including performance studies, philosophy, music cognition, musical meaning and semantics, literary criticism, and critical theory, this is an informative volume for scholars and researchers in the areas of music theory and musicology. Analyses are supplemented with sketch study, correspondence, text manuscripts, and other archival sources from the Paul Sacher Stiftung, the Library of Congress, and the New York Public Library.

Composing the Modern Subject: Four String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich

Author : Sarah Reichardt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351571357

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Composing the Modern Subject: Four String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich by Sarah Reichardt Pdf

Since the publication of Solomon Volkov's disputed memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich, the composer and his music has been subject to heated debate concerning how the musical meaning of his works can be understood in relationship to the composer's life within the Soviet State. While much ink has been spilled, very little work has attempted to define how Shostakovich's music has remained so arresting not only to those within the Soviet culture, but also to Western audiences - even though such audiences are often largely ignorant of the compositional context or even the biography of the composer. This book offers a useful corrective: setting aside biographically grounded and traditional analytical modes of explication, Reichardt uncovers and explores the musical ambiguities of four of the composer‘s middle string quartets, especially those ambiguities located in moments of rupture within the musical structure. The music is constantly collapsing, reversing, inverting and denying its own structural imperatives. Reichardt argues that such confrontation of the musical language with itself, though perhaps interpretable as Shostakovich's own unique version of double-speak, also poignantly articulates the fractured state of a more general form of modern subjectivity. Reichardt employs the framework of Lacanian psychoanalysis to offer a cogent explanation of this connection between disruptive musical process and modern subjectivity. The ruptures of Shostakovich's music become symptoms of the pathologies at the core of modern subjectivity. These symptoms, in turn, relate to the Lacanian concept of the real, which is the empty kernel around which the modern subject constructs reality. This framework proves invaluable in developing a powerful, original hermeneutic understanding of the music. Read through the lens of the real, the riddles written into the quartets reveal the arbitrary and contingent state of the musical subject's constructed reality, reflecting pathologies ende

Intimate Voices: Shostakovich to the avant-garde. Dmitri Shostakovich : the string quartets

Author : David Clampitt
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781580463225

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Intimate Voices: Shostakovich to the avant-garde. Dmitri Shostakovich : the string quartets by David Clampitt Pdf

Leading authorities explore, in direct and accessible language, chamber-music masterpieces by twenty-one prominent composers since 1900.

Beethoven for a Later Age

Author : Edward Dusinberre
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780571317158

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Beethoven for a Later Age by Edward Dusinberre Pdf

'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.