Schuttenhelm provides a detailed account of the events leading up to and through the quartets compositional process, as well as a brief summary of its reception history. In addition to a comprehensive analysis of the entire quartet, the volume also...Loe edasi...
This is an interdisciplinary study examining the evolution and compositional process in Elliott Carters five string quartets. The books narrative reveals new aspects of understanding these works and draws novel conclusions on their collective meanin...Loe edasi...
Using the tools of Sonata Theory, the author offers an analytical approach to Shostakovichs music, giving insights into the quartets, showing how his mastery of form has enabled these works to be heard as active participants in the Soviet and Weste...Loe edasi...
Examines the dissemination of dance music, instrumentation and performance practice, and the differences between the French and Italian styles. This book also studies the courtly suites before the advent of Lullism and the differences between the su...Loe edasi...
Explores the social background to Italian music-making, and particularly the changing status of instrumentalists with respect to other musicians. This book restores an impressive but largely overlooked consort repertory to its rightful place in the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Mar-2006, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780195173574)
This fresh, wide-ranging assessment of Haydns quartets explores the circumstances of their creation, reveals the conventions and novelties that govern their design, and examines the wealth of textures, stylistic allusions, and rhetorical strategies...Loe edasi...
A chronological overview of 20th-century chamber music and its major composers, this title provides information on a wide selection of works, including program music; vocal chamber music; works for new ensembles; the modern sonata; and contemporary...Loe edasi...
