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100 1 a| November, Nancy,e| author.=| ^A1130356;

245 10 a| Beethoven's theatrical quartets :b| opp. 59, 74, and 95 /c| Nancy November.;

264 1 a| Cambridge, UK ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2013.;

300 a| xiii, 282 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 26 cm.;

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490 1 a| Music in context;

500 a| Author is Senior Lecturer in musicology at the University of Auckland.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index.;

505 00 t| Setting the scene: theories, practices, and the early nineteenth-century string quartet --t| Curtain up: performing the middle-period quartets in Beethoven's time --t| 'Not generally comprehensible': op. 59, no. 1 and the drama of becoming --t| 'With much feeling': song, sensibility, and rhapsody in op. 59, no. 2 --t| 'Helden-Quartett': genre, innovation, and 'heroic' voices in op. 59, no. 3 --t| 'Freudvoll und leidvoll': songful impetus and dualistic voice in the 'Harp' quartet --t| 'The quick-witted brevity of the genuine dramatist': op. 95 and the idea of the fragment --t| A tale of heroic emancipation? Reception narratives for the middle-period quartets.;

520 a| Beethoven's middle-period quartets, Opp. 59, 74 and 95, are pieces that engage deeply with the aesthetic ideas of their time. In the first full contextual study of these works, the author celebrates their uniqueness, exploring their reception history and early performance. In detailed analyses, she explores ways in which the quartets have both reflected and shaped the very idea of chamber music and offers a new historical understanding of the works' physical, visual, social and ideological aspects. In the process, November provides a fresh critique of three key paradigms in current Beethoven studies: the focus on his late period; the emphasis on 'heroic' style in discussions of the middle period; and the idea of string quartets as 'pure', 'autonomous' artworks, cut off from social moorings. Importantly, this study shows that the quartets encompass a new lyric and theatrical impetus, which is an essential part of their unique, explorative charact.;

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Beethoven's theatrical quartets : opp. 59, 74, and 95 / Nancy November.

Author/creator	November, Nancy author.
Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Description	xiii, 282 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm.
Subjects	Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello. String quartets--Analysis, appreciation. Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Series	Music in context Music in context. ^A1130438
Contents	Setting the scene: theories, practices, and the early nineteenth-century string quartet -- Curtain up: performing the middle-period quartets in Beethoven's time -- 'Not generally comprehensible': op. 59, no. 1 and the drama of becoming -- 'With much feeling': song, sensibility, and rhapsody in op. 59, no. 2 -- 'Helden-Quartett': genre, innovation, and 'heroic' voices in op. 59, no. 3 -- 'Freudvoll und leidvoll': songful impetus and dualistic voice in the 'Harp' quartet -- 'The quick-witted brevity of the genuine dramatist': op. 95 and the idea of the fragment -- A tale of heroic emancipation? Reception narratives for the middle-period quartets.
Abstract	Beethoven's middle-period quartets, Opp. 59, 74 and 95, are pieces that engage deeply with the aesthetic ideas of their time. In the first full contextual study of these works, the author celebrates their uniqueness, exploring their reception history and early performance. In detailed analyses, she explores ways in which the quartets have both reflected and shaped the very idea of chamber music and offers a new historical understanding of the works' physical, visual, social and ideological aspects. In the process, November provides a fresh critique of three key paradigms in current Beethoven studies: the focus on his late period; the emphasis on 'heroic' style in discussions of the middle period; and the idea of string quartets as 'pure', 'autonomous' artworks, cut off from social moorings. Importantly, this study shows that the quartets encompass a new lyric and theatrical impetus, which is an essential part of their unique, explorative charact.
General note	Author is Senior Lecturer in musicology at the University of Auckland.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index.
LCCN	2013039017
ISBN	9781107035454 (hardback)
ISBN	1107035457 (hardback)

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