The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet

doi:10.1017/CCOL9780521801942

This Companion offers a concise and authoritative survey of the string quartet by eleven chamber music specialists. Its fifteen carefully structured chapters provide coverage of a stimulating range of perspectives previously unavailable in one volume. It focuses on four main areas: the social and musical background to the quartet's development; the most celebrated ensembles; string quartet playing, including aspects of contemporary and historical performing practice; and the mainstream repertory, including significant 'mixed ensemble' compositions involving string quartet. Various musical and pictorial illustrations and informative appendixes, including a chronology of the most significant works, complete this indispensable guide. Written for all string quartet enthusiasts, this Companion will enrich readers' understanding of the history of the genre, the context and significance of quartets as cultural phenomena, and the musical, technical and interpretative problems of chamber music performance. It will also enhance their experience of listening to quartets in performance and on recordings.

"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 to further explore this music of friends." Notes

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Frontmatter
pp i-xvi
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Part I - Social changes and organological developments
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1 - The string quartet and society
pp 1-18
- By Christina Bashford
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2 - Developments in instruments, bows and accessories
pp 19-38
- By Robin Stowell
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Part II - Celebrated ensembles
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3 - From chamber to concert hall
pp 39-59
- By Tully Potter
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4 - The concert explosion and the age of recording
pp 60-94
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Part III - Playing string quartets
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5 - Playing quartets: a view from the inside
pp 95-126
- By David Waterman
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6 - Historical awareness in quartet performance
pp 127-148
- By Simon Standage
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7 - Extending the technical and expressive frontiers
pp 149-174
- By Robin Stowell
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Part IV - The string quartet repertory
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8 - The origins of the quartet
pp 175-184
- By David Jones
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9 - Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries
pp 185-209
- By W. Sutcliffe
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10 - Beethoven and the Viennese legacy
pp 210-227
- By David Jones
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11 - The Austro-Germanic quartet tradition in the nineteenth century
pp 228-249
- By Stephen Hefling
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12 - Traditional and progressive nineteenth-century trends: France, Italy, Great Britain and America
pp 250-265
- By Robin Stowell
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13 - Nineteenth-century national traditions and the string quartet
pp 266-287
- By Jan Smaczny
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14 - The string quartet in the twentieth century
pp 288-309
- By Kenneth Gloag
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15 - The string quartet as a foundation for larger ensembles
pp 310-327
- By Colin Lawson
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Notes
pp 328-347
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pp 348-354
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Index
pp 355-373
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-xvi

Part I - Social changes and organological developments

1 - The string quartet and society
pp 1-18

2 - Developments in instruments, bows and accessories
pp 19-38

Part II - Celebrated ensembles

3 - From chamber to concert hall
pp 39-59

4 - The concert explosion and the age of recording
pp 60-94

Part III - Playing string quartets

5 - Playing quartets: a view from the inside
pp 95-126

6 - Historical awareness in quartet performance
pp 127-148

7 - Extending the technical and expressive frontiers
pp 149-174

Part IV - The string quartet repertory

8 - The origins of the quartet
pp 175-184

9 - Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries
pp 185-209

10 - Beethoven and the Viennese legacy
pp 210-227

11 - The Austro-Germanic quartet tradition in the nineteenth century
pp 228-249

12 - Traditional and progressive nineteenth-century trends: France, Italy, Great Britain and America
pp 250-265

13 - Nineteenth-century national traditions and the string quartet
pp 266-287

14 - The string quartet in the twentieth century
pp 288-309

15 - The string quartet as a foundation for larger ensembles
pp 310-327

Notes
pp 328-347

Select bibliography
pp 348-354

Index
pp 355-373

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