The String Quartet, 1750-1797
Four Types of Musical Conversation
Our rough guess is there are 77,750 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 5 hours and 11 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 11 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Word Count
77,750 words, Guess
Page Count
311 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL12561581M
- ISBN-139781840146820
- ISBN-101840146826
- OCLC Control Number994302523
- OCLC Control Number48920527
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002019634
Classifications
- LCCML1160.P37 2002
Description
"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."--Jacket.
Subjects
Topics
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!