| #1835210 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 1978-09-29 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.99 x.43 x5.00l,.48 | File type: PDF | 196 pages | ||5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Authoritative analysis|By klavierspiel|This volume is worth tracking down. In compact, concise essays, Radcliffe describes each quartet in musical detail, relating the pieces to other quartets by Beethoven as well as works in other genres, thus demonstrating how the work fits into his development as a composer. Frequent quotes from and comparisons with early sketches reveal the||'The whole subject of the quartets has been gone into with deep concentration and affectionate understanding, and if the reader obtains as much pleasure from the perusal of this book as the author obviously has had from the writing of it, he is in for a good t
Beethoven's string quartets form one of the most intimate and revealing sections of his output, giving a full and varied picture of his musical personality. This study of the quartets by Philip Radcliffe, first published by Hutchinson University in 1965, was reissued by Cambridge University Press in 1978. Each work is examined in detail describing the development of Beethoven's style - a method that highlights the very strong individuality that remained unimpaired throug...
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