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The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet
Robin (Ed) Stowell
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Paperback. Will enrich readers' understanding of the history of the string quartet, the music and its interpretation. Editor(s): Stowell, Robin. Series: Cambridge Companions to Music. Num Pages: 392 pages, 25 b/w illus. 14 music examples. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRD; AVRL; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 666. Series: Cambridge Companions to Music. 392 pages, 25 b/w illus. 14 music examples. Editor(s): Stowell, Robin. Will enrich readers' understanding of the history of the string quartet, the music and its interpretation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: AVH; AVRD; AVRL; AVS. Dimension: 242 x 173 x 22. Weight: 650.
This Companion offers a concise and authoritative survey of the string quartet by eleven chamber music specialists. Its fifteen carefully structured chapters provide coverage of a stimulating range of perspectives previously unavailable in one volume. It focuses on four main areas: the social and musical background to the quartet's development; the most celebrated ensembles; string quartet playing, including aspects of contemporary and historical performing practice; and the mainstream repertory, including significant 'mixed ensemble' compositions involving string quartet. Various musical and pictorial illustrations and informative appendixes, including a chronology of the most significant works, complete this indispensable guide. Written for all ... Read more
This Companion offers a concise and authoritative survey of the string quartet by eleven chamber music specialists. Its fifteen carefully structured chapters provide coverage of a stimulating range of perspectives previously unavailable in one volume. It focuses on four main areas: the social and musical background to the quartet's development; the most celebrated ensembles; string quartet playing, including aspects of contemporary and historical performing practice; and the mainstream repertory, including significant 'mixed ensemble' compositions involving string quartet. Various musical and pictorial illustrations and informative appendixes, including a chronology of the most significant works, complete this indispensable guide. Written for all ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
Cambridge Companions to Music
Condition
New
Weight
667g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521000420
SKU
V9780521000420
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About Robin (Ed) Stowell
Robin Stowell is Professor and Head of Music at the University of Wales College of Cardiff and a professional violinist who has written extensively on stringed instruments and performance. He is author of Violin Technique and Performance Practice in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries (1985), Beethoven: Violin Concerto (1998) and The Early Violin and Viola (2001), editor of ... Read more
Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet
"Indeed the Companion's readability, together with its broad and timely coverage of topics and its fascinating selection of iconography (notably early photos of string quartets), entice the reader to further explore this music of friends." Notes