Beethoven for a Later Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beethoven for a Later Age write by Edward Dusinberre. This book was released on 2016-01-19. Beethoven for a Later Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'They are not for you but for a later age!' Ludwig van Beethoven, on the Opus 59 quartets. Tackling the Beethoven quartets is a rite of passage that has shaped the Takács Quartet's work together for over forty years. Using the history of the composition and first performances of the quartets as the backbone to his story, Edward Dusinberre, first violinist of the Takács since 1993 - recounts the life of the Quartet from its inception in Hungary, through emigration to the US and its present-day life as one of the world's renowned string quartets. He also describes what it was like for him, as a young man fresh out of the Juilliard School, to join the Quartet as its first non-Hungarian member - an exhilarating challenge. Beethoven for a Later Age takes the reader inside the life of a quartet, vividly showing how four people enjoy making music together over a long period of time. The key, the author argues, is in balancing continuity with change and experimentation - a theme that also lies at the heart of Beethoven's remarkable compositions.
The String Quartets of Beethoven
The String Quartets of Beethoven - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The String Quartets of Beethoven write by William Kinderman. This book was released on 2010-10-01. The String Quartets of Beethoven available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "We do not understand music--it understands us." This aphorism by Theodor W. Adorno expresses the quandary and the 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 The String Quartets of Beethoven stands as the most detailed and comprehensive exploration of the subject. It collects new work by leading international scholars who draw on a variety of historical sources and analytical approaches to offer fresh insights into the aesthetics of the quartets, probing expressive and structural features that have hitherto received little attention. This volume also includes an appendix with updated information on the chronology and sources of the quartets and a detailed bibliography.
Beethoven's Late String Quartets
Beethoven's Late String Quartets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beethoven's Late String Quartets write by Harold Truscott. This book was released on 1968. Beethoven's Late String Quartets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
String Quartets
String Quartets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook String Quartets write by Mara Parker. This book was released on 2013-05-13. String Quartets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This research guide is an annotated bibliography of sources dealing with the string quartet. This second edition is organized as in the original publication (chapters for general references, histories, individual composers, aspects of performance, facsimiles and critical editions, and miscellaneous topics) and has been updated to cover research since publication of the first edition. Listings in the previous volume have been updated to reflect the burgeoning interest in this genre (social aspects, newly issued critical editions, doctoral dissertations). It also offers commentary on online links, databases, and references.
The Beethoven Quartet Companion
The Beethoven Quartet Companion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Beethoven Quartet Companion write by Robert Winter. This book was released on 1994. The Beethoven Quartet Companion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Reading The Beethoven Quartet Companion made me want to listen to the quartets again from a new sociological as well as musical perspective. It is an invaluable guide not only for professional and amateur musicians but also for anyone who is curious about culture and wants to find out more."--Yo-Yo Ma "These essays are the most readable, useful, and well-informed commentary available today on these masterworks. Michael Steinberg's 'program notes' to each quartet, directed at once to the musical beginner and to the expert, are as eloquent and persuasive as popular writing about music can get. . . . His essays are followed by equally expert and accessible contributions by other masters on The Master, providing literate music lovers with the context and equipment for a richer enjoyment and clearer understanding of these sixteen unique conversations among two violins, a viola, and a cello."--David Littlejohn, author of The Ultimate Art: Essays Around and About Opera "A fine collection of essays to assist the music lover in the seemingly endless quest to illuminate the Beethoven string quartets."--Arnold Steinhardt, The Guarneri String Quartet "This book delivers on the implied promise of its title--it provides a lively, readable, and wide-ranging introduction to the quartets. Readers at many levels of experience will find it profitable."--Lewis Lockwood, author of Beethoven: Studies in the Creative Process
