The String Quartets of Beethoven
Published on 12. January 2006
360 pages
978-0-252-09162-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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The String Quartets of Beethoven
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Content
- front cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Transformational Processes in Beethoven's Op. 18 Quartets
- 2. Metrical Dissonance and Metrical Revision in Beethoven's String Quartets
- 3. Peak Experience: High Register and Structure in the "Razumovsky" Quartets, Op. 59
- 4. Beethoven's "Harp" Quartet: The Sketches in Context
- 5. "Haydns Geist aus Beethovens Handen"? Fantasy and Farewell in the Quartet in E Flat, Op. 74
- 6. Aspects of the Genesis of Beethoven's String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95
- 7. "So Traumte mir, ich reiste . . . nach Indien": Temporality and Mythology in Op. 127/I
- 8. Plenitude as Fulfillment: The Third Movement of Beethoven's String Quartet in B Flat, Op. 130
- 9. The Genesis of the Countersubjects for the Grosse Fuge
- 10. Opus 131 and the Uncanny
- 11. Beethoven's Last Quartets: Threshold to a Fourth Creative Period?
- Appendix: Chronology and Sources of the String Quartets
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- back cover
