Chamber Music

Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction CHAPTER I BASIC REFERENCE General Music Reference Chamber Music Reference Periodicals Bibliographies CHAPTER II HISTORY OF CHAMBER MUSIC General Studies The String Quartet Sonata Woodwind Ensembles Brass Ensembles Mixed Ensembles of Woodwinds and Brass Other Genres Studies of the Chamber Music of Particular Regions of the World Africa , Albania , Armenia , Australia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belgium , Brazil , Bulgaria , Canada , China , Croatia , Czechoslovakia , Danzig , Denmark , England , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Hungary , Ireland , Israel , Italy , Moldavia , The Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway , Poland , Puerto Rico , Romania , Russia , Scandinavia , Serbia , South Africa , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Ukraine , Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , United States of America , Uzbek , Yugoslavia CHAPTER III ANALYTIC STUDIES Aesthetics and Definitions Analytic Methods Analysis of Specific Works CHAPTER IV PERFORMANCE PRACTICE OF CHAMBER MUSIC General Advice on Performing Chamber Music Bibliographies of Performance Practice for Chamber Music Performance Advice for the Overall Chamber Music of Specific Periods and Composers Advice on Performing String Quartets Advice on Performing Sonatas Advice on Performing Wind Ensembles Advice on Performance of Other Types of Chamber Music Advice on Performance of Individual Instruments in Chamber Music Suggestions on the Use of Conductors for Contemporary Chamber Music Advice on Ornamentation Discussion of Tempo Discussion of Dynamics Discussion of Scoring Discussion of Acoustics CHAPTER V PERFORMERS OF CHAMBER MUSIC General Lists and Discussions of Performance Groups Discussions of Multiple Chamber Groups, Especially String Quartets Studies of Individual Performing Groups Studies of Individual Performers of Chamber Music CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS Patronage and Concert Series Women's Studies Early Recordings of Chamber Music Music Therapy Education Iconography Films INDICES Subject