Intimate Voices: The Twentieth-Century String Quartet: Volume 1: Debussy to Villa-Lobos (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781580462297)

Leading authorities explore, in direct and accessible language, chamber-music masterpieces by twenty-one prominent composers since 1900.

Modern composers as diverse as B駘a Bart, 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.

Author: David Clampitt
ISBN-10: 1580462294
ISBN-13: 9781580462297
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2009
Pages: 326
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d