The Beethoven Quartets Contributor(s): Kerman, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393009092 ISBN-13: 9780393009095 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Type: Paperback Published: April 1979 |
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BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Chamber - Music | Individual Composer & Musician - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
Dewey: 785.704 |
LCCN: 78021245 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5" W x 7.9" L (0.95 lbs) 406 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: Beethoven's quartets show a technical mastery, depth of thought, and intensity of musical inspiration unsurpassed by any other composer. This brilliant survey, by one of America's leading musical scholars, has already achieved classic status. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kerman, Joseph: - Joseph Kerman was a leading musicologist, music critic, and music educator from the 1950s to the 2000s. He reshaped our understanding and appreciation of Western classical music with his first book, Opera as Drama (1956), to his last, Opera and the Morbidity of Music (2008), including his studies on Bach, Beethoven, William Byrd, concertos, and more. He was a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, where he served two terms as chair of the Music Department. He wrote Listen together with his wife, Vivian Kerman. |
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