Cultivating String Quartets in Beethoven's Vienna

by Nancy November

This book is the first detailed contextual study of string quartets in Beethoven's Vienna, at a time when that genre reigned supreme among the different chamber genres. Focusing on a key transition period in the early nineteenth century, which bore witness to fundamental shifts in the 'private' sphere of music-making, it explores the 'cultivation' of string quartets by composers, critics, listeners, performers, publishers and patrons. The book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783272325
• ISBN13: 9781783272327
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"