Robin Stowell (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet

Herausgeber: Cross, Jonathan; Stowell, Robin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 live performances and on recordings.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Music
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780521000420
• ISBN-10: 0521000424
• Artikelnr.: 21663521

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Social Changes and Organological Developments: 1. The string
quartet and society Christina Bashford; 2. Developments in instruments,
bows and accessories Robin Stowell; Part II. Celebrated Ensembles: 3. From
chamber to concert hall Tully Potter; 4. The concert explosion and the age
of recording Tully Potter; Part III. Playing String Quartets: 5. Playing
quartets: a view from the inside David Waterman; 6. Historical awareness in
quartet performance Simon Standage; 7. Extending the technical and
expressive frontiers Robin Stowell; Part IV. The String Quartet Repertory:
8. The origins of the quartet David Wyn Jones; 9. The Classical style:
Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries W. Dean Sutcliffe; 10. Beethoven and
the Viennese legacy David Wyn Jones; 11. The Austro-Germanic quartet
tradition in the nineteenth century Stephen E. Hefling; 12. Traditional and
progressive nineteenth-century trends: France, Italy, Great Britain and
America Robin Stowell; 13. Nineteenth-century national traditions and the
string quartet Jan Smaczny; 14. The string quartet in the twentieth century
Kenneth Gloag; 15. The string quartet as a foundation for larger ensembles
Colin Lawson.