Quartet 1950, for Strings
Author : Netty Simons
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Release : 1964
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Author : Netty Simons
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,45 MB
Release : 1964
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Author : Netty Simons
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Page : 25 pages
File Size : 42,48 MB
Release : 1964
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Author : Robert Erickson
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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 30,71 MB
Release : 1992
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Author : Robert Helps
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 1954
Category : String quartets
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Author : Aaron Copland
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Page : pages
File Size : 50,56 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Piano quartets
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Author : John Cage
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,44 MB
Release : 1960
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Author : Mark Delaere
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Page : 82 pages
File Size : 43,8 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Chamber music
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Author : Mara Parker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 29,66 MB
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 1135848343
This research guide is an annotated bibliography of sources dealing with the string quartet. This second edition is organized as in the original publication (chapters for general references, histories, individual composers, aspects of performance, facsimiles and critical editions, and miscellaneous topics) and has been updated to cover research since publication of the first edition. Listings in the previous volume have been updated to reflect the burgeoning interest in this genre (social aspects, newly issued critical editions, doctoral dissertations). It also offers commentary on online links, databases, and references.
Author : John Cage
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Page : 104 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Music
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Author : David J. Fanning
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 10,2 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Music
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When it was first performed in October 1960, Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet was greeted with a standing ovation and given a full encore. Its popularity has continued to the present day with over a hundred commercial recordings appearing during the last 40 years. The appeal of the work is not hard to identify; immediately communicative, the quartet is also made up of rich seams of deeper meaning. This book is the first to examine its musical design in detail and it seeks to overthrow the charges of superficiality that have arisen as a result of the work's success. The core of this study is the close analysis of the work, but this is placed in context with a discussion of Shostakovich's reputation and historical position, the circumstances of the quartet's composition and the subsequent controversies that have surrounded it. The work was composed during the so-called 'Thaw' years of the Soviet Union and the cultural and political backgrounds of this period are considered, together with an assessment of Shostakovich's life and work during this time. David Fanning argues persuasively that the Eighth String Quartet is a landmark in twentieth-century music in its transcendence of the extra-musical meanings that it invokes; that it is 'music that liberates itself from the shackles of its context'. The book features an accompanying CD of the work.