Edition |
1st pbk. ed. |
Description |
240 pages : music ; 24 cm |
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notated music ntm rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-232) and index. |
Note |
Cover title: The string quartet, a history. |
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"With 82 music examples." |
Summary |
Traces the origin and development of the string quartet, discusses its repertoire, and explains how modern composers have changed it. |
Contents |
Part one. Introduction c. 1759-1771 -- Exposition 1772-1799 -- Development and recapitulation 1800-1826 -- Part two. Intermezzo 1827-1870 -- Part three. Adagio 1871-1913 -- Part four. Theme : Stravinsky or Bartók -- Variation 1 : Schoenberg and the serial quartet -- Variation 2 : Cage or Carter -- Variation 3 : Shostakovich and the multiple quartet -- Variation 4 : Boulez or Haydn -- Appendix one. References -- Appendix two. Chronology. |
Subject |
String quartet.
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String quartet. (OCoLC)fst01135307
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Added Title |
String quartet, a history |
ISBN |
0500273839 |
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9780500273838 |
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