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Beethoven's String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 (Hardcover)
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Beethoven's String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 (Hardcover)
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Beethoven's String Quartet in C-sharp minor Op. 131 (1826) is not
only firmly a part of the scholarly canon, the performing canon,
and the pedagogical canon, but also makes its presence felt in
popular culture. Yet in recent times, the terms in which the
C-sharp minor quartet is discussed and presented tend to undermine
the multivalent nature of the work. Although it is held up as a
masterpiece, Op. 131 has often been understood in monochrome terms
as a work portraying tragedy, struggle, and loss. In Beethoven's
String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 13, author Nancy November
takes the modern-day listener well beyond these categories of
adversity or deficit. The book goes back to early reception
documents, including Beethoven's own writings about the work, to
help the listener reinterpret and re-hear it. This book reveals the
diverse musical ideas present in Op. 131 and places the work in the
context of an emerging ideology of silent or 'serious' listening in
Beethoven's Europe. It considers how this particular 'late' quartet
could speak with special eloquence to a highly select but
passionately enthusiastic audience and examines how and why the
reception of Op. 131 has changed so profoundly from Beethoven's
time to our own.
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