The Galitzin Quartets of Beethoven

Opp. 127, 132, 130

Daniel K. L. Chua (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

294 Seiten

2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-60793-1 (ISBN)

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This study is an analysis of the first three of Beethoven's late quartets, Opp. 127, 132, and 130, commissioned by Prince Nikolai Galitzin. The five late quartets, usually considered as a group, were written in the same period as the Missa solemnis and the Ninth Symphony, and are among the composer's most profound musical statements. Daniel K. L. Chua believes that of the five quartets the three that he studies trace a process of disintegration, whereas the last two, Opp. 131 and 135, reintegrate the language that Beethoven himself had destabilized. Through analyses that unearth peculiar features characteristic of the surface and of the deeper structures of the music, Chua interprets the "Galitzin" quartets as radical critiques of both music and society, a view first proposed by Theodore Adorno. From this perspective, the quartets necessarily undo the act of analysis as well, forcing the analytical traditions associated with Schenker and Schoenberg to break up into an eclectic mixture of techniques. Analysis itself thus becomes problematic and has to move in a dialectical and paradoxical fashion in order to trace Beethoven's logic of disintegration.
The result is a new way of reading these works that not only reflects the preoccupations of the German Romantics of that time and the poststructuralists of today, but also opens a discussion of cultural, political, and philosophical issues. Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

CHAPTER ONE Introduction 3 CHAPTER TWO Motifs, Counterpoint, and Form: The Quartet in E6 Major, Op. 127 11 CHAPTER THREE Unity and Disunity: The First Movement of the Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132 54 CHAPTER FOUR Rhythm, Time, and Space: The Last Four Movements of Op. 132 107 CHAPTER FIVE Cadences and Closure: The Middle Movements of Op. 130 163 CHAPTER SIX Doubles and Parallels: The First Movement of Op. 130 and the Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 201 CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusion 245 NOTES 249 BIBLIOGRAPHY 273 INDEX 283

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Zusatzinfo	176 music exs., 2 tables
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	397 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
ISBN-10	0-691-60793-1 / 0691607931
ISBN-13	978-0-691-60793-1 / 9780691607931
Zustand	Neuware