UID:
edocfu_9959695956702883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 373 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-81652-7
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0-511-99890-2
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1-280-41901-6
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0-511-07790-4
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0-511-17037-8
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0-511-20628-3
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0-511-29745-9
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0-511-07633-9
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to music
Content:
This Companion offers a concise and authoritative survey of the string quartet by eleven chamber music specialists. Its fifteen carefully structured chapters provide coverage of a stimulating range of perspectives previously unavailable in one volume. It focuses on four main areas: the social and musical background to the quartet's development; the most celebrated ensembles; string quartet playing, including aspects of contemporary and historical performing practice; and the mainstream repertory, including significant 'mixed ensemble' compositions involving string quartet. Various musical and pictorial illustrations and informative appendixes, including a chronology of the most significant works, complete this indispensable guide. Written for all string quartet enthusiasts, this Companion will enrich readers' understanding of the history of the genre, the context and significance of quartets as cultural phenomena, and the musical, technical and interpretative problems of chamber music performance. It will also enhance their experience of listening to quartets in performance and on recordings.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
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The string quartet and society /
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Developments in instruments, bows and accessories /
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From chamber to concert hall ;
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The concert explosion and the age of recording /
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Playing quartets : a view from the inside /
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Historical awareness in quartet performance /
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Extending the technical and expressive frontiers /
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The origins of the quartet /
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Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries /
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Beethoven and the Viennese legacy /
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The Austro-Germanic quartet tradition in the nineteenth century /
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Traditional and progressive nineteenth-century trends : France, Italy, Great Britain and America /
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Nineteenth-century national traditions and the string quartet /
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The string quartet in the twentieth century /
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The string quartet as a foundation for larger ensembles /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-00042-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-80194-X
Language:
English
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