Cornell Paperbacks The Art of Quartet Playing, (Paperback)

This collection of conversations with the Guarneri members explores all the most important facets of chamber-music playing.

Publishers Weekly,These intelligent conversations will be greeted enthusiastically not only by string players and serious musicians but also by advanced listeners. A musicologist and conductor, Blum knows from experience what crucial questions to ask about the medium and its practice. The members of the Guarneri Quartet discuss their backgrounds, training, cooperative efforts, problems with specific repertoire, and reactions to composers and conductors, as well as such detailed matters as bowing, intonation, vibrato, pizzicato, dynamics and the use of the left hand. Enhanced by hundreds of music examples and a detailed analysis of Beethoven's Opus 131, this is arguably the best book on the subject and one of the most important books on music issued in recent years. Performing Arts Book Club selection. (June 4) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Book format	Paperback
Fiction/nonfiction	Non-Fiction
Genre	Art, Music, and Photography
Publication date	June, 1987
Pages	246
Reading level	General
Subgenre	Musical Instruments
Series title	Cornell Paperbacks
Number in series	0
Edition	Revised Edition
Publisher	Cornell University Press
Original languages	English
Language	English
Edu focus	Music
Educational level	General
Is collectible	N
Recording time	0 min
Retail packaging	Single Piece
Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h)	6.06 x 0.67 x 9.20 in
Assembled product weight	0.86 lb
Bisac subject heading	Music