Beethoven for a Later Age: Living with the String Quartets
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.84 (608 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 022637436X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Founded in Hungary in 1975 and now based in Boulder, Colorado, the Takács is one of the world’s preeminent string quartets, and performances of Beethoven have been at the center of their work together for over forty years. Originally composed and performed between 1798 and 1826, they have inspired artists of all kinds—not only musicians—and have been subject to endless reinterpretation. The key, Dusinberre reveals, to a quartet crafting its own sound is in balancing continuity with change and experimentation—a theme that lies at the heart of Beethoven’s remarkable compositions. Beethoven’s sixteen string quartets are some of the most extraordinary and challenging pieces of music ever written. Using the history of both the Takács Quartet and the Beethoven quartets as a foundation, Beethoven for a Later Age provides a backstage look at the daily life of a quartet, showing the necessary creative tension between individual and group and how four people can at the same time forge a lasting artistic connection and enjoy making music together over decades. . But what is it like to personally take up the challenge of these compositions, not only as a musician, but as a member of a quartet, where each player has ideas about style and expression? To answer this question,
Warm and personable Pvtgripwd In this book Edward Dusinberre provides tremendous insight into the mind of a musician and the life of a string quartet. In the film "A Late Quartet," Christopher Walken describes the extraordinary complexity of performing Beethoven's Opus 131 string quartet. Beethoven demanded that t. Charles Smythe said For String Quartet Fans Only. To have the slightest interest in this book, you will have to be a string quartet addict If you qualify, it is unique.Ed Dusinberre is first violinist of the Tacacs Quartet, one of the world's elite groups. I am especially interested because I've had season tickets to the Tacacs for a. "A very intimate story" according to CessnaPilot95. I thoroughly enjoyed this book for its intimacy, which is one reason I love watching and listening to a string quartet in concert. I try as much as possible to sit close to the performers, and this book brought me even closer to these extraordinarily talented and accomplished musician
Fascinating certainly to someone working in another artistic realm entirely.” . “A richly detailed portrayal of the intimate workings of a great string quartet, in this case the magical Takács, as revealed to us through the recollections of its first violinist