The string quartets of Beethoven / edited by William Kinderman.

Other author Kinderman, William editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2006.
Description349 pages ; 27 cm
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Subjects

Contents Introduction ; Transformational processes in Beethoven's op. 18 quartets / William Kinderman -- Metrical dissonance and metrical revision in Beethoven's string quartets / Harald Krebs -- Peak experience: high register and structure in the "Razumovsky" quartets, op. 59 / Malcolm Miller -- Beethoven's "Harp" Quartet: the sketches in context / Lewis Lockwood -- "Haydns Geist aus Beethovens Händen"? Fantasy and farewell in the Quartet in E flat, op. 74 / Nicholas Marston -- Aspects of the genesis of Beethoven's String Quartet in F minor, op. 95 / Seow-Chin Ong -- "So träumte mir, ich reiste ... nach Indien": temporality and mythology in op. 127/I / Birgit Lodes -- Plenitude as fulfillment: the third movement of Beethoven's String Quartet in B flat, op. 130 / Robert Hatten -- The genesis of the countersubjects for the Grosse Fuge / William E. Caplin -- Opus 131 and the uncanny / Joseph Kerman -- Beethoven's last quartets: threshold to a fourth creative period? / William Kinderman -- Appendix: chronology and sources of the string quartets.
Abstract No group of compositions occupies a more central position in chamber music than Beethoven's string quartets, yet the meaning of these works continues to stimulate debate. This book 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 331-343) and index.
LCCN 2005002730
ISBN0252030362 (cloth ; alk. paper)

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