TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pope,Kenneth Samuel
TI  - On playing in a string quartet : : a guide to performance and interpretation / 
SN  - 0646375741
U1  - 785.7194143 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Mooloolaba, Qld. : 
PB  - K. S. Pope, 
KW  - String quartet
N1  - Contains extracts from published musical works; Includes index; Bibliography: p. 108-109; CHAPTER 1 - Chamber music and the string quartet; WHAT IS CHAMBER MUSIC? (Basic concepts ; The contemporary view) --; WHY PLAY CHAMBER MUSIC? (Chamber music is not elitist ; Comparisons with orchestral playing) --; THE TYPES OF ENSEMBLES (The numbers game ; Some examples) --; THE EMINENCE OF THE STRING QUARTET CHAMBER MUSIC (Early history ; The quartet as four independent voices ; The Quattuor brilliant ; Reasons for focusing on the string quartet) --; CHAPTER 2 - the nature of the string quartet; ITS CHARACTERISTICS (Tonal qualities ; Balance ; Why doesn't the composer indicate the balance required?) --; THE INSTRUMENTS AND THE PLAYERS (First violin ; Second violin ; Viola ; Cello) --; CHAPTER 3 - The mechanics of the string quartet; GETTING STARTED (Recruiting players) --; MAKING THE BEST USE OF REHEARSAL TIME (The importance of rehearsal ; Need for planning) --; STAGE MANAGEMENT (Responsibilities ; The rehearsal schedule ; The music ; Stands and chairs ; Tuning) --; BEHAVIOUR DURING REHEARSALS (The detail is important ; Seating arrangements ; Informal seating ; formal seating ; Individual seating ; The position of the leader ; Getting the tempo right ; Sensing the beat ; Getting the bowing right ; Getting the fingering right) --; CHAPTER 4 - The quartet in action; PLAYING AS AN ENSEMBLE (The quartet sound ; The importance of ensemble) --; ATTITUDES WITHIN THE QUARTET (Confidence ; Coming on, and going off ; Looking and listening ; The audience ; On playing at home) --; CHAPTER 5 - Inside the quartet; DISCIPLINE (Discipline and ensemble ; The importance of communication between players ; Use of examples ; Looking for signals) --; BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS (Beginnings - First Violin leading ; Beginnings - another instrument leading ; Pitfalls for the unwary ; Endings) --; STOPPING, AND CONTINUING (Pausing and resuming) --; ACCELERATING OR SLOWING DOWN THE TEMPO (The basic tempo ; Must we follow a strict tempo? ; The views of the composer ; Allowing the music to breathe ; Following the moving part ; Formal changes in tempo) --; OTHER SITUATIONS (Experience and discipline ; The role of the timekeeper) --; THE CHALLENGE OF "MODERN MUSIC" (What is meant by "modern"? ; Example one - Sculthorpe Quartet No. 9 ; Example two - Penderecki Quartet No. 2 ; Attitudes towards modernists) --; CHAPTER 6 - Interpretation and the composer's style; INTERPRETATION (General ; What do we mean by "interpretation"? ; The difficulty of interpretation ; Tradition, and pitfalls ; Style envisage by the composer ; The style of the individual quartet) --; CHAPTER 7 - Seamless integration in ensemble; MOULDING STYLE (Considerations) --; PHRASING (The shape of the melodic line ; The transfer of the melodic line between instruments) --; DYNAMICS (The ebbing flow of dynamics ; The relative nature of dynamics) --; TEMPO AND RHYTHM (Tempo ; Rhythm) --; TONE PRODUCTION (Bowing ; The use of vibrato ; Colour ; Nuance) --; BALANCE (Seamless integration) --; CHAPTER 8 - A repertoire for amateurs (1) Sixteen quartets for newcomers; DIVERSITY AND DISPARITY (Defining the need ; The approach adopted ; Luigi Boccherini ; Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ; Charles Gounod ; Josef Haydn ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Franz Schubert ; Louis Spohr) --; CHAPTER 9 - A repertoire for amateurs (2) Sixteen quartets of medium difficulty; Juan Cristostomo Arriaga ; Ludwig van Beethoven ; Frank Bridge ; Antonin Dvorak ; Josef Haydn ; Felix Mendelssohn ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Louis Spohr ; Ambroise Thomas ; Virgil Thomson --; CHAPTER 10 - A repertoire for amateurs (3) - Six difficult quartets; Samuel Barber ; Alexander Borodin ; Claude Debussy ; Ottorino Respighi ; Dmitri Shostakovich ; Vaughan Williams --; CHAPTER 11 - Retrospect; GUIDES TO CONDUCT (Every player has a viewpoint ; Suggestions for a happy life as a quartet player ; Adherence to standards) --; APPENDICES (1. List of illustrations in text ; 2. Notes and references to sources ; 3. Sources) --; Index
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