| Contents |
His master's voice? Ries, reputation, and the string quartet / Allan Badley -- The "Middle Period" string quartets of Spohr and Beethoven / Nancy November -- Counterpoint without anxiety? Andreas Romberg's string quartets Op. 2, dedicated to Haydn / W. Dean Sutcliffe -- On the fugues in Anton Reicha's Quatuor Scientifique: between tradition and innovation / Mai Koshikakezawa -- The other "Razumovsky" quartets: Franz Weiss's Op. 8 and the formation of Vienna's Kennerpublikum / Mark Ferraguto -- Hyacinthe Jadin and the sound of revolution: recovering French string quartet aesthetics in 1790s Paris / Callum Blackmore -- "One for the rode": the contribution of Pierre Rode and the Quatuor Brillant to the early nineteenth-century string quartet / Sam Girling -- A surprise to the ears, an amusement for the eyes: compositional strategy and audience response to string quartets ca. 1800 / Yoko Maruyama -- The canonization of Beethoven's string quartets in the Musikalisches Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1803 / Christian Speck. |
| Abstract |
This book is the first detailed study of string quartets in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Europe. It brings together the work of nine scholars who explore little-studied aspects of this multi-faceted genre. Together, this book's chapters deal with compositional responses to Beethoven's string quartets and the prestige of the genre; varied compositional practices in string quartet writing, with a particular emphasis on texture and performance elements; and the reception of Beethoven's string quartets ca. 1800. They include discussion of quartets composed for the amateur and connoisseur markets in Beethoven's Europe; virtuosity, the French Violin School, and the quatuor brillant; the relationship between quartet composers and their audiences during Beethoven's era; and the cross-pollination of quartet styles in Europe's musical centers such as Vienna, Paris, and St. Petersburg. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2021053590 |
| ISBN | 9781644697870 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1644697874 |
| ISBN | (adobe pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
