The ill tempered string quartet : a vademecum for the amateur musician / by Lester Chafetz.

Author/creator Chafetz, Lester, 1929-
Format Book
Publication InfoJefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©1989.
Descriptionxii, 168 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Music in the home.
String quartet.

Contents Introduction -- How many players in a string quartet? -- The home salon -- By any other name would smell -- Staying in shape -- Of bellies and bows -- Playing second fiddle -- The sociopathology of the string quartet -- Ripping the rembrandt -- Fiddling with strangers -- Some informative reading -- Composers and decomposers -- Notes on the literature -- Expansion and contraction -- The high strung amateur string quartet player -- Appendix the interpretation of musical terms -- Index.
Abstract Witty and practical, this book is for amateur string instrument players who want to play quartets and other forms of chamber music. It covers everything. The long chapter discussing the "literature" is exceptionally valuable.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteMusicography: pages 95-134.
LCCN 88027354
ISBN0899503985 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML67.C5 1989 ✔ Available Place Hold