The string quartets of Beethoven /edited by William Kinderman. 

 - Urbana :  University of Illinois Press,  (c)2006. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Transformational processes in Beethoven's opus 18 quartets /  Metrical dissonance and metrical revision in Beethoven's string quartets /  Peak experience : high register and structure in the "Razumovsky" quartets, op. 59 /  Beethoven's "Harp" quartet : the sketches in context /  "Haydns Geist aus Beethovens Händen"? : fantasy and farewell in the quartet in E [flat], op. 74 /  Aspects of the genesis of Beethoven's string quartet in F minor, op. 95 /  "So träumte mir, ich reiste ... nach Indien" : temporality and mythology in opus 127/I /  Plenitude as fulfillment : the third movement of Beethoven's string quartet in B [flat], opus 130 /  The genesis of the countersubjects for the Grosse Fuge /  Opus 131 and the uncanny /  Beethoven's last quartets : threshold to a fourth creative period? /  Appendix : chronology and sources of the string quartets.  William Kinderman --  Harald Krebs --  Malcolm Miller --  Lewis Lockwood --  Nicholas Marston --  Seow-Chin Ong --  Birgit Lodes --  Robert Hatten --  William E. Caplin --  Joseph Kerman --  William Kinderman -- 
<br/><br/> We do not understand music--it understands us. This aphorism by Theodor W. Adorno expresses the quandary and the fascination many listeners have felt in approaching Beethoven's late quartets. No group of compositions occupies a more central position in chamber music, yet the meaning of these works continues to stimulate debate. William Kinderman's The String Quartets of Beethoven stands as the most detailed and comprehensive exploration of the subject. It collects new work by leading international scholars who draw on a variety of historical sources and analytical approaches to offer fresh insights into the aesthetics of the quartets, probing expressive and structural features that have hitherto received little attention. This volume also includes an appendix with updated information on the chronology and sources of the quartets and a detailed bibliography. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252091629 9781283583428 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019718587 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>String quartets--Analysis, appreciation.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>MT145  / .S775 2006