Chamber music : a listener's guide / James M. Keller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keller, James M., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chamber music--History and criticism.

Chamber music.

Chamber music--Analysis, appreciation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (517 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Oxford's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony, The Concerto, and Choral Masterworks--have been widely praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now James Keller follows these greatly admired volumes with Chamber Music. Approaching the tradition of chamber music with knowledge and passion, Keller here serves as the often opinionated, always genial guide to 192 essential works by 56 composers, providing illuminating essays on what makes each piece distinctive and admirable. Keller spans the history of this intimate genre

Contents:

Cover; Contents; ANTON ARENSKY; Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32; JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH; Trio Sonata in G major for Flute, Violin, and Basso Continuo, BWV 1038; Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale from Musical Offering, BWV 1079; SAMUEL BARBER; String Quartet, Op. 11; Summer Music for Wind Quintet, Op. 31; BÉLA BARTÓK; String Quartet No. 2; String Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 4; String Quartet No. 5; Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion; Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano; String Quartet No. 6; LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN; Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3

Trio in B-flat major for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 11String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6; Septet in E-flat major for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass, Op. 20; Serenade in D major for Flute, Violin, and Viola, Op. 25; String Quintet in C major, Op. 29; String Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1, First Razumovsky; String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, Second Razumovsky; String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, Third Razumovsky; Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, Ghost; Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70, No. 2

String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74, HarpString Quartet in F minor, Op. 95, Quartett Serioso; Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97; String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 127; String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132; String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130, and Grosse Fuge, Op. 133; String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131; String Quartet in F major, Op. 135; ALBAN BERG; Lyric Suite for String Quartet; ALEXANDER BORODIN; String Quartet No. 2 in D major; JOHANNES BRAHMS; Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8; String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18; Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34; String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36; Trio in E-flat major for Horn, Violin, and Piano, Op. 40; String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1; String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2; Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60; String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67; Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87; String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88; Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101; String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111; Trio in A minor for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 114; Clarinet Quintet in B, Op. 115

BENJAMIN BRITTENPhantasy for Oboe and String Trio, Op. 2; String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36; ELLIOTT CARTER; Eight Etudes and a Fantasy for Wind Quartet; String Quartet No. 3; AARON COPLAND; Two Pieces for String Quartet; Vitebsk (Study on a Jewish Theme); RUTH CRAWFORD (SEEGER); String Quartet 1931; GEORGE CRUMB; Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for Three Masked Players; Black Angels: Thirteen Images from the Dark Land (Images I); An Idyll for the Misbegotten (to be heard from afar, over a lake, on a moonlit evening in August); CLAUDE DEBUSSY; String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

Sonata (No. 2) for Flute, Viola, and Harp

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-979893-1

0-19-970008-7

OCLC:

869282000