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Author November, Nancy

Title Beethoven's theatrical quartets : opp. 59, 74, and 95 / Nancy November
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages)
Series Music in context
Music in context.
Contents Setting the scene : theories, practices, and the early nineteenth-century string quartet -- Curtain up : performing the middle-period quartets in Beethoven's time -- 'Not generally comprehensible' : op. 59, no. 1 and the drama of becoming -- 'With much feeling' : song, sensibility, and rhapsody in op. 59, no. 2 -- 'Helden-Quartett ': genre, innovation, and 'heroic' voices in op. 59, no. 3 -- Freudvoll und leidvoll : songful impetus and dualistic voice in the 'Harp' Quartet -- 'The quick-witted brevity of the genuine dramatist' -- Op. 95 and the idea of the fragment -- A tale of heroic emancipation? Reception narratives for the middle-period string quartets
Summary "Beethoven's middle-period quartets, Opp. 59, 74 and 95, are pieces that engage deeply with the aesthetic ideas of their time. In the first full contextual study of these works, Nancy November celebrates their uniqueness, exploring their reception history and early performance. In detailed analyses, she explores ways in which the quartets have both reflected and shaped the very idea of chamber music and offers a new historical understanding of the works' physical, visual, social and ideological aspects. In the process, November provides a fresh critique of three key paradigms in current Beethoven studies: the focus on his late period; the emphasis on 'heroic' style in discussions of the middle period; and the idea of string quartets as 'pure', 'autonomous' artworks, cut off from social moorings. Importantly, this study shows that the quartets encompass a new lyric and theatrical impetus, which is an essential part of their unique, explorative character"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Quartette. op. 59.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Quartette. op. 74.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Quartette. op. 95.
SUBJECT Quartets (Beethoven, Ludwig van) fast
Subject String quartets -- Analysis, appreciation
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
MUSIC -- History & Criticism.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Chamber.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
String quartets -- Analysis, appreciation
Form Electronic book
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