The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet
- Editor: Stowell, Robin
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... — More…
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Contents
- Part I . Social Changes and Organological Developments:
- 1. The string quartet and society Christina Bashford;
- 2. Developments in instruments, bows and accessories Robin Stowell;
- Part II . Celebrated Ensembles:
- 3. From chamber to concert hall Tully Potter;
- 4. The concert explosion and the age of recording Tully Potter;
- Part III . Playing String Quartets:
- 5. Playing quartets: a view from the inside David Waterman;
- 6. Historical awareness in quartet performance Simon Standage;
- 7. Extending the technical and expressive frontiers Robin Stowell;
- Part IV . The String Quartet Repertory:
- 8. The origins of the quartet David Wyn Jones;
- 9. The Classical style: Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries W. Dean Sutcliffe;
- 10. Beethoven and the Viennese legacy David Wyn Jones;
- 11. The Austro-Germanic quartet tradition in the nineteenth century Stephen E. Hefling;
- 12. Traditional and progressive nineteenth-century trends: France, Italy, Great Britain and America Robin Stowell;
- 13. Nineteenth-century national traditions and the string quartet Jan Smaczny;
- 14. The string quartet in the twentieth century Kenneth Gloag;
- 15. The string quartet as a foundation for larger ensembles Colin Lawson.