The String Quartet: From the Private to the Public Sphere: 27 (Speculum Musicae) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2503568009 ISBN 13: 9782503568003

Publisher: Brepols Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

The String Quartet: From the Private to the Public Sphere approaches the history and growing prestige of the string quartet from the time of its emergence, in circa 1750, until the middle of the nineteenth century. The volume explores the historical, historiographical and biographical facets of the genre's increasing dominance and ultimate supremacy. Various geographical regions of string-quartet production are encompassed, including Austria, Spain, Italy and Great Britain. Specific issues raised by individual contributions include the concepts of 'late style'; notions of sophistication, comprehensibility and popularity; repertoires and the dissemination of manuscript parts and editions; theoretical writing on the string quartet and concert programming. Several contributions include analytical studies of string quartets by 'classical' composers, such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert; others approach equivalent works by less canonical composers, including Luigi Boccherini, Gregorio Ballabene, Samuel Wesley and Feliks Janiewicz.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503568009
• ISBN 13: 9782503568003
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 388
• Editor: Speck Christian