String Quartet
From the Private to the Public Sphere
Edited by Christian Speck
The String Quartet: From the Private to the Public Sphere approaches the history and growing prestige of the string quartet from the time of its emergence, in circa 1750, until the middle of the nineteenth century. The volume explores the historical, historiographical and biographical facets of the genre’s increasing dominance and ultimate supremacy. Various geographical regions of string-quartet production are encompassed, including Austria, Spain, Italy and Great Britain. Specific issues raised by individual contributions include the concepts of ‘late style’; notions of sophistication, comprehensibility and popularity; repertoires and the dissemination of manuscript parts and editions; theoretical writing on the string quartet and concert programming. Several contributions include analytical studies of string quartets by ‘classical’ composers, such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert; others approach equivalent works by less canonical composers, including Luigi Boccherini, Gregorio Ballabene, Samuel Wesley and Feliks Janiewicz.
- Edited by Christian Speck
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Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven in Spain during the Long Nineteenth Century
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Minor Forms of Musical Theatre in the 18th and 19th Century
Volume 43
La Musique religieuse en France au XIXe siecle
Le sentiment religieux entre profane et sacre (1830-1914)
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