The String Quartets Of Beethoven

by Kinderman, William

• ISBN13: 9780252030369
• ISBN10: 0252030362
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

"We do not understand music--it understands us." This aphorism by Theodor W. Adorno expresses that quandary and 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'sThe String Quartetsof 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.

Author Biography

William Kinderman is a professor of music at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His publications include Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, Beethoven, and the three-volume Artaria 195: Beethoven's Sketchbook for the Missa solemnis and the Piano Sonata in E Major, Opus 109.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(12)
William Kinderman
Transformational Processes in Beethoven's Op. 18 Quartets	13	(18)
William Kinderman
Metrical Dissonance and Metrical Revision in Beethoven's String Quartets	31	(29)
Harald Krebs
Peak Experience: High Register and Structure in the ``Razumovsky'' Quartets, Op. 59	60	(29)
Malcolm Miller
Beethoven's ``Harp'' Quartet: The Sketches in Context	89	(20)
Lewis Lockwood
``Haydns Geist aus Beethovens Handen''? Fantasy and Farewell in the Quartet in E, Op. 74	109	(23)
Nicholas Marston
Aspects of the Genesis of Beethoven's String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95	132	(36)
Seow-Chin Ong
``So traumte mir, ich reiste . . . nach Indien'': Temporality and Mythology in Op. 127/1	168	(46)
Birgit Lodes
Plenitude as Fulfillment: The Third Movement of Beethoven's String Quartet in B, Op. 130	214	(20)
Robert Hatten
The Genesis of the Countersubjects for the Grosse Fuge	234	(28)
William E. Caplin
Opus 131 and the Uncanny	262	(17)
Joseph Kerman
Beethoven's Last Quartets: Threshold to a Fourth Creative Period?	279	(44)
William Kinderman
Appendix: Chronology and Sources of the String Quartets	323	(8)
Selected Bibliography	331	(14)
Index	345