Studies of string quartet compositions have long been skewed toward works by the triumvirate: Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. This collection of essays fills in some of the gaps by broadening that scope to consider other leading composers of their time, including members of Beethovens circle (Ferdinand Ries, Louis Spohr, Anton Reicha, Andreas Romberg, Franz Weiss), and the Frenchmen Pierre Rode and Hyacinthe Jadin.
The Beethoven Newsletter (Winter 2023)
The nine essays November has collected provide a broad view of the string quartet in Viennese musical life around 1800. This topic has been insufficiently studied, and the book helps remedy that. Expanding the lens through which to view the period, analyses are in depth and detailed and comprehensive bibliographies and useful footnotes are included. Recommended.
M. N.-H. Cheng, Colgate University, CHOICE (April 2023: Vol. 60 No. 8) String Quartets in Beethovens Europe seeks to expand the available information about, and intellectual approaches to, chamber music around the turn of the nineteenth century, moving the discourse beyond a focus on Vienna and its most famous triumvirate, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. As an introduction to string quartets by a number of mostly overlooked composers contemporaneous with Beethoven, the book is a success [ T]he book suggests many avenues for future research and opens opportunities for scholars and students to explore music that has until now received less than its due attention, especially in English-language scholarship.
Marie Sumner Lott, Music & Letters
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