| Intimate Voices: The Twentieth-Century String Quartet [2 Volume Set]: 2-Volume Set Contributor(s): Jones, Evan (Editor), Clampitt, David (Contribution by), Headlam, David (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1580463401 ISBN-13: 9781580463409 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $166.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2009 Annotation: Leading authorities explore, in direct and accessible language, chamber-music masterpieces by twenty-one prominent composers since 1900. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Musical Instruments - Strings - Music | Genres & Styles - Chamber |
| Dewey: 785.719 |
| Series: Eastman Studies in Music |
| Physical Information: 2.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (3.10 lbs) 656 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Two volume set: Modern composers as diverse as Béla Bartók, Maurice Ravel, Benjamin Britten, and John Cage have confided some of their most personal and intense thoughts to the medium of the string quartet. The resulting repertoire has won the allegiance of string players and of listeners in the concert hall and at home. Yet, until now, no book has addressed the language of these remarkable works, their interactions with the masterpieces of Beethoven and others, and their new approaches to musical expression. Intimate Voices, organized in rough chronological order, offers the observations and intuitions of twenty leading authorities on quartets by twenty-one composers from eleven countries. Its two volumes -- available separately or together -- comprise an indispensable guide to amateur and professional chamber musicians, scholars, students, and anyone seeking a deeper acquaintance with the great achievements of twentieth-century music. |