String Quartets in Beethoven’s Europe
- Editor: November, Nancy
String Quartets in Beethoven’s Europe
- Editor: November, Nancy
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String Quartets in Beethoven’s Europe is the first detailed study of string quartets in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Europe. It brings together the work of nine scholars who explore little-studied aspects of this multi-faceted genre. Together, this book’s chapters deal with compositional responses to Beethoven’s string quartets and the prestige of the genre; varied compositional practices in string quartet writing, with a particular emphasis on texture and performance elements; and the reception of Beethoven’s string quartets ca. 1800. They include discussions of quartets composed for the amateur and connoisseur markets in Beethoven’s Europe; virtuosity, the French Violin School, and the quatuor brillant; the relationship between quartet composers and their audiences during Beethoven’s era; and the cross-pollination of quartet styles in Europe’s musical centers such as Vienna, Paris, and St. Petersburg.
Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. His Master's Voice? Ries, Reputation, and the String Quartet
- Allan Badley
- 2. The "Middle Period" String Quartets of Spohr and Beethoven
- Nancy November
- 3. Counterpoint without Anxiety? Andreas Romberg's String Quartets Op. 2, Dedicated to Haydn
- W. Dean Sutcliffe
- 4. On the Fugues in Anton Reicha's Quatuor Scientifique: Between Tradition and Innovation
- Mai Koshikakezawa
- 5. The Other "Razumovsky" Quartets: Franz Weiss's Op. 8 and the Formation of Vienna's Kennerpublikum
- Mark Ferraguto
- 6. Hyacinthe Jadin and the Sound of Revolution: Recovering French String Quartet Aesthetics in 1790s Paris
- Callum Blackmore
- 7. "One for the Rode": The Contribution of Pierre Rode and the Quatuor Brillant to the Early Nineteenth-Century String Quartet
- Sam Girling
- 8. A Surprise to the Ears, an Amusement for the Eyes: Compositional Strategy and Audience Response to String Quartets ca. 1800
- Yoko Maruyama
- 9. The Canonization of Beethoven's String Quartets in the Musikalisches Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1803
- Christian Speck
- Epilogue
- Authors' Biographies
- Index
