Beethoven's Theatrical Quartets : Opp. 59, 74 and 95 (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. Setting the scene: theories, practices, and the early nineteenth-century string quartet; 2. Curtain up: performing the middle-period quartets in Beethoven's time; 3. 'Not generally comprehensible': Op. 59 No. 1 and the drama of becoming; 4. 'With much feeling': song, sensibility, and rhapsody in Op. 59 No. 2; 5. 'Helden-Quartett': genre, innovation, and 'heroic' voices in Op. 59 No. 3; 6. Freudvoll und leidvoll: songful impetus and dualistic voice in the 'Harp' Quartet; 7. 'The quick-witted brevity of the genuine dramatist': Op. 95 and the idea of the fragment; 8. A tale of heroic emancipation? Reception narratives for the middle-period string quartets.