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Book SynopsisThis 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. C
Trade Review"Daniel Chua's new study ... is perhaps the closest reading of these works to emerge in recent years. The author gives a thoughtful account of the music, and identifies with precision many of the interpretive difficulties associated with it. Moreover, he refuses to give up trying to understand them when these difficulties seem insurmountable."--The Times Literary Supplement
Table of ContentsCHAPTER 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
