The string quartets of Joseph Haydn / Floyd and Margaret Grave.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grave, Floyd K. (Floyd Kersey), 1945-

Contributor:

Grave, Margaret G., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

String quartet.

Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Quartets--strings.

Haydn, Joseph.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Assessing Haydn's quartets, this work explores the circumstances of their creation. It reveals the conventions and novelties that govern their design and examines the wealth of textures stylistic allusions, and rhetorical strategies that underlie their stature as a cornerstone of the chamber music repertory.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Part I: Points of Departure; 1 The Repertory; 2 Genre and Character; 3 Texture, Ensemble Technique, and Sonority; Part II: Formal Perimeters; 4 Sonata Form; 5 The Dance Movement; 6 Variation; 7 Other Forms: Fugue, Rondo, and Miscellaneous Nonstandard Designs; Part III: The Opus Groups; 8 The Earliest Quartets (ca. 1755-60 [?ca. 1757-59]): Op. 0; Op. 1 Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6; Op. 2 Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 6; 9 Op. 9 (ca. 1768-70) and Op. 17 (1771); 10 Op. 20 (1772); 11 Op. 33 (1781) and Op. 42 ([?1784-] 1785); 12 Op. 50 (1787); 13 Op. 54/55 (1788); 14 Op. 64 (1790)

15 Op. 71/74 ([?1792-] 1793)16 Op. 76 ([?1796-] 1797); 17 Op. 77 (1799) and Op. 103 ([?1802-] 1803); Notes; Bibliography; Index of Haydn's String Quartets; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-372) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988391-2

0-19-538295-1

1-280-84390-X

9786610843909

1-4294-0286-5

0-19-534664-5

OCLC:

71794614