The Beethoven Quartet Companion more books like this

by Robert Winter (Editor), Robert Martin (Editor)

While the Beethoven string quartets are to chamber music what the plays of Shakespeare are to drama, even seasoned concertgoers will welcome guidance with these personal and sometimes enigmatic works. This collection offers Beethoven lovers both detailed notes on the listening experience of each quartet and a stimulating range of more general ...

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String Quartets by Debussy and Ravel: Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10/Maurice Ravel: Quartet in F Major/Claude Debussy more books like this

by Claude Debussy (Composer), Maurice Ravel (Composer)

Superb one-volume edition of two influential compositions noted for individuality, unique interpretations, delicate and subtle beauty. This clearly printed volume is sturdily bound for long life on the music stand.

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Inside Beethoven's Quartets: History, Interpretation, Performance more books like this

by Lewis Lockwood, Joel Smirnoff, Ronald Copes

The string quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven, the signal achievement of "that noble genre," have rewarded the engagement of scholars, performers, and audiences for almost two hundred years. This book and its accompanying recording invite you to experience three of these profound and beautiful works of music from the inside, with a leading Beethoven ...

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Quartet: A Profile of the Guarneri Quartet more books like this

by Helen Drees Ruttencutter

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Indivisible by Four more books like this

by Arnold Steinhardt

With all its founding members still in place after 35 years, the Guarneri Quartet is fabled for its robust elegance and high-spirited virtuosity. Here is its story from the inside--a story filled with drama, humor, danger, compassion, and glorious music.

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Beethoven's late string quartets. more books like this

by Harold Truscott

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Complete String Quartets more books like this

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer)

Breitkopf & Hartel edition. All 23 string quartets plus alternate slow movement to K156. Study score.

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The Great Haydn Quartets: Their Interpretation more books like this

by Hans Keller

Hans Keller offers his interpretation of 45 of Haydn's quartets which is aimed at bringing insight to all who seek to deepen their understanding of these works. The book also contains examples of the music.

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Eleven Late String Quartets, Opp. 74, 76 and 77, Complete more books like this

by Joseph Haydn (Composer), Wilhelm Altmann (Editor)

This volume includes 11 string quartets in complete score -- Haydn's last and best. Reprinted from the reliable modern Eulenburg edition.

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Married to the Amadeus: Life with a String Quartet more books like this

by Muriel Nissel

The Amadeus Quartet, which was active from 1948 until 1987 when its viola player Peter Schidlof died, is probably the most famous and distinguished string quartet of the 20th century. It played to a wide variety of audiences on innumerable occasions in all the major countries of the world, and produced a galaxy of recordings, many of which are ...

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Beethoven's string quartets. more books like this

by Philip Radcliffe

Beethoven's string quartets form one of the most intimate and revealing sections of his output, giving a full and varied picture of his musical personality. This study of the quartets by Philip Radcliffe, first published by Hutchinson University in 1965, was reissued by Cambridge University Press in 1978. Each work is examined in detail describing ...

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The String Quartets of Beethoven more books like this

by William Kinderman (Editor)

"We do not understand music--it understands us." This aphorism by Theodor W. Adorno expresses that quandary and fascination many listeners have felt in approaching Beethoven's late quartets. No group of compositions occupies a more central position in chamber music, yet the meaning of these works continues to stimulate debate. William Kinderman's ...

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Easy Silence more books like this

by Angela Huth

William and Grace share what seems to them an ideal marriage. Both in their 50s, neither has any reason to believe that their relationship could be threatened. But when he meets the beautiful Bonnie, William begins to think the unthinkable.

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21st Century String Quartets - Volume 1 more books like this

by Edith Eisler (Composer)

In this collection of in-depth interviews, today's leading performers get to the heart of one of the most beloved forms of classical music: the string quartet. Representing both young groups and longstanding favorites, they all have insights into the joys and hardships of expressing themselves as part of a tight-knit ensemble. How they practice, ...

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String Quartets, Opp. 20 and 33, Complete more books like this

by Joseph Haydn (Composer)

Complete reproductions of the 12 masterful quartets (six each) of Opp. 20 and 33 -- in the reliable Eulenburg edition.

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Quartet Playing, Art of more books like this

by David Blum

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String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 more books like this

by Arnold Schoenberg (Composer)

Two major chamber works by influential modern composer. String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, and String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10. Reproduced from authoritative editions. New English translations of Stefan George poems in String Quartet No. 2.

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Mozart's String Quartets more books like this

by Thomas Frederick Dunhill

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String Quartets, Opp. 42, 50 and 54 more books like this

by Joseph Haydn (Composer)

Complete reproductions of Op. 42 in D Minor; Op. 50, Nos. 1-6 ("Prussian Quartets"), and Op. 54, Nos. 1-3. Reliable Eulenburg edition.

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Second String Quartet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10: Authoritative Score, Background and Analysis, Commentary more books like this

by Arnold Schoenberg, Severine Neff (Editor), Grant Chorley (Translator)

Arnold Schoenberg's Second String Quartet revolutionised western music. Severine Neff re-creates the quartet's historical, cultural and musical background - its introduction of the human voice, its genesis during a crisis in the composer's life, the scandal at its premiere and its endlessly controversial reception. This volume includes a newly ...

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Beethoven String Quartets more books like this

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The Lord's Prayer: Score and Parts more books like this

by Albert Hay Malotte (Composer), J Moss (Editor)

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Musical Notes of a Physician more books like this

by F. William Sunderman

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Haydn string quartets. more books like this

by Rosemary Hughes

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String Quartets Nos. 1-5 more books like this

by Dmitri Shostakovich

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