Buy Beethoven Quartet Companion by Winter, Robert, Martin, Robert (ISBN: 9780520204201) from desertcart's Book Store. Free UK delivery on eligible orders. Review: A helpful guide - This book is aimed at anyone interested in Beethoven and his music, of whom his quartets stand at the core. The late numbers benefit most from a friendly guiding hand which this book provide. The analysis of the individual string quartets get from quite short and sketchy for op 18 to lengthier chapters for the last numbers. Overall they are quite thorough and to the point. The introductory chapters put the quartets in the perspective of Beethoven's aesthetical development, the quartets' reception over the 19th century, and problems of performance. They are useful and clearly written. A historical discography clearly is missing. A future edition would benefit from comments on major landmarks of the quartets' interpretation on record (lets say from Rosé and Capet to the Alban Berg string quartet). Review: insight into some significant music - Historical and social background to some of the most important and difficult music ever written. The author is a practising musician of high calibre. It will take me a long time to work through the individual analyses of the pieces. A specialised book but very interesting
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A helpful guide
This book is aimed at anyone interested in Beethoven and his music, of whom his quartets stand at the core. The late numbers benefit most from a friendly guiding hand which this book provide. The analysis of the individual string quartets get from quite short and sketchy for op 18 to lengthier chapters for the last numbers. Overall they are quite thorough and to the point. The introductory chapters put the quartets in the perspective of Beethoven's aesthetical development, the quartets' reception over the 19th century, and problems of performance. They are useful and clearly written. A historical discography clearly is missing. A future edition would benefit from comments on major landmarks of the quartets' interpretation on record (lets say from Rosé and Capet to the Alban Berg string quartet).
G**R
insight into some significant music
Historical and social background to some of the most important and difficult music ever written. The author is a practising musician of high calibre. It will take me a long time to work through the individual analyses of the pieces. A specialised book but very interesting
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