Intimate Voices: The Twentieth-Century String Quartet: Volume 1: Debussy to Villa-Lobos

David Clampitt (Contributor),David Clampitt,David Headlam,David Neumeyer,Eero Tarasti

Intimate Voices: The Twentieth-Century String Quartet: Volume 1: Debussy to Villa-Lobos
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Country
United States
Published
31 December 2009
Pages
326
ISBN
9781580462297

Intimate Voices: The Twentieth-Century String Quartet: Volume 1: Debussy to Villa-Lobos

David Clampitt (Contributor),David Clampitt,David Headlam,David Neumeyer,Eero Tarasti

Modern composers as diverse as Bela Bartok, Maurice Ravel, Benjamin Britten, and John Cage have confided some of their most personal and intense thoughts to the medium of the string quartet. The resulting repertoire has won the allegiance of string players-and of listeners in the concert hall and at home. Yet, until now, no book has addressed the language of these remarkable works, their interactions with the masterpieces of Beethoven and others, and theirnew approaches to musical expression. Intimate Voices, organized in rough chronological order, offers the observations and intuitions of leading authorities on quartets by twenty-one composers from eleven countries. Its two volumes-available separately or together-comprise an indispensable guide to amateur and professional chamber musicians, scholars, students, and anyone seeking a deeper acquaintance with the great achievements of twentieth-century music.

Edited by Evan Jones, Associate Professor of Music Theory, Florida State University College of Music.

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