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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : November, Nancy
Titre(s) : Beethoven's theatrical quartets [Texte imprimé] : opp. 59, 74, and 95 / Nancy November
Publication : Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013
Description matérielle : xiii, 282 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm
Collection : Music in context
Lien à la collection : Music in context
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references ( pages 255-270) and index
"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"
Sujet(s) : Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827). [3 quatuors. Cordes. Op. 59]
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827). [Quatuors. Cordes. Op. 74. Mi bémol majeur]
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827). [Quatuors. Cordes. Op. 95. Fa mineur]
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107035454 (hardback). - ISBN 1107035457 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb438388915
Notice n° :
FRBNF43838891
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