The Cambridge companion to the string quartet

Summary

Titles

• Full Title: The Cambridge companion to the string quartet/ edited by Robin Stowell.

Series Statement

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Notes

• The string quartet and society / Christina Bashford -- Developments in instruments, bows and accessories / Robin Stowell -- From chamber to concert hall ; The concert explosion and the age of recording / Tully Potter -- Playing quartets : a view from the inside / David Waterman -- Historical awareness in quartet performance / Simon Standage -- Extending the technical and expressive frontiers / Robin Stowell -- The origins of the quartet / David Wyn Jones -- Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries / W. Dean Sutcliffe -- Beethoven and the Viennese legacy / David Wyn Jones -- The Austro-Germanic quartet tradition in the nineteenth century / Stephen E. Hefling -- Traditional and progressive nineteenth-century trends : France, Italy, Great Britain and America / Robin Stowell -- Nineteenth-century national traditions and the string quartet / Jan Smaczny -- The string quartet in the twentieth century / Kenneth Gloag -- The string quartet as a foundation for larger ensembles / Colin Lawson.

Identifiers

• Isbns: 052180194X; 9780521801942; 0521000424; 9780521000420
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)424074055

Publication Statement

• Place: Cambridge ; New York
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Date: 2003

Physical Description

• Extent: xv, 373 pages :
• Dimensions: 26 cm
• Illustrations: illustrations ;

Table Of Contents

• The string quartet and society /
• Christina Bashford --
• Developments in instruments, bows and accessories /
• Robin Stowell --
• From chamber to concert hall ; The concert explosion and the age of recording /
• Tully Potter --
• Playing quartets : a view from the inside /
• David Waterman --
• Historical awareness in quartet performance /
• Simon Standage --
• Extending the technical and expressive frontiers /
• Robin Stowell --
• The origins of the quartet /
• David Wyn Jones --
• Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries /
• W. Dean Sutcliffe --
• Beethoven and the Viennese legacy /
• David Wyn Jones --
• The Austro-Germanic quartet tradition in the nineteenth century /
• Stephen E. Hefling --
• Traditional and progressive nineteenth-century trends : France, Italy, Great Britain and America /
• Robin Stowell --
• Nineteenth-century national traditions and the string quartet /
• Jan Smaczny --
• The string quartet in the twentieth century /
• Kenneth Gloag --
• The string quartet as a foundation for larger ensembles /
• Colin Lawson.

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