The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet

Contents

• Part I . Social Changes and Organological Developments:
• 1. The string quartet and society Christina Bashford;
• 2. Developments in instruments, bows and accessories Robin Stowell;
• Part II . Celebrated Ensembles:
• 3. From chamber to concert hall Tully Potter;
• 4. The concert explosion and the age of recording Tully Potter;
• Part III . Playing String Quartets:
• 5. Playing quartets: a view from the inside David Waterman;
• 6. Historical awareness in quartet performance Simon Standage;
• 7. Extending the technical and expressive frontiers Robin Stowell;
• Part IV . The String Quartet Repertory:
• 8. The origins of the quartet David Wyn Jones;
• 9. The Classical style: Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries W. Dean Sutcliffe;
• 10. Beethoven and the Viennese legacy David Wyn Jones;
• 11. The Austro-Germanic quartet tradition in the nineteenth century Stephen E. Hefling;
• 12. Traditional and progressive nineteenth-century trends: France, Italy, Great Britain and America Robin Stowell;
• 13. Nineteenth-century national traditions and the string quartet Jan Smaczny;
• 14. The string quartet in the twentieth century Kenneth Gloag;
• 15. The string quartet as a foundation for larger ensembles Colin Lawson.