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The String Quartet, 1750-1797 - Four Types of Musical Conversation (Hardcover, New Ed) Loot Price: R4,494
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The String Quartet, 1750-1797 - Four Types of Musical Conversation (Hardcover, New Ed): Mara Parker

The String Quartet, 1750-1797 - Four Types of Musical Conversation (Hardcover, New Ed)

Mara Parker

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The second half of the eighteenth century witnessed a flourishing of the string quartet, often represented as a smooth and logical progression from first violin-dominated homophony to a more equal conversation between the four voices. Yet this progression was neither as smooth nor as linear as previously thought, as Mara Parker illustrates in her examination of the string quartet during this period. Looking at a wide variety of string quartets by composers such as Pleyel, Distler and Filtz, in addition to Haydn and Mozart, the book proposes a new way of describing the relationships between the four instruments in different works. Broadly speaking, these relationships follow one of four patterns: the 'lecture', the 'polite conversation', the 'debate', and the 'conversation'. In focusing on these musical discourses, it becomes apparent that each work is the product of its composer's stylistic choices, location, intended performers and intended audience. Instead of evolving in a strict and universal sequence, the string quartet in the latter half of the eighteenth century was a complex genre with composers mixing and matching musical discourses as circumstances and their own creative impulses required.

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Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2002
First published: 2002
Authors: Mara Parker
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-1-84014-682-0
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Chamber ensembles
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > String instruments > General
Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Chamber ensembles
Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > String instruments > General
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
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LSN: 1-84014-682-6
Barcode: 9781840146820

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