Cultivating String Quartets in Beethoven's Vienna
1st Edition
Published on 20. October 2017
268 pages
978-1-78744-073-9 (ISBN)
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The first detailed contextual study of chamber music in Beethoven's Vienna, at a time when the string quartet reigned supreme among the different chamber genres
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Content
Introduction
Defining Chamber Music in the Early Nineteenth Century
Celebrating Haydn, Cultivating Opera
Selling String Quartets in Beethoven's Vienna
Locating String Quartets in Beethoven's Vienna
Early Nineteenth-Century Performance and Criticism
Sociability, Showmanship, and Study: 'Quartet Friends'
The String Quartet and the Listener
Schubert's Song, Beethoven's Theatricality
Epilogue: Constructing 'Viennese Chamber Music'
Bibliography
Defining Chamber Music in the Early Nineteenth Century
Celebrating Haydn, Cultivating Opera
Selling String Quartets in Beethoven's Vienna
Locating String Quartets in Beethoven's Vienna
Early Nineteenth-Century Performance and Criticism
Sociability, Showmanship, and Study: 'Quartet Friends'
The String Quartet and the Listener
Schubert's Song, Beethoven's Theatricality
Epilogue: Constructing 'Viennese Chamber Music'
Bibliography
