The Ill Tempered String Quartet: A Vademecum for the Amateur Musician
- Author: Chafetz, Lester
clear, direct and candid...practical...balanced
The Ill Tempered String Quartet: A Vademecum for the Amateur Musician
- Author: Chafetz, Lester
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clear, direct and candid...practical...balanced
About
Witty and practical, this book is for amateur string instrument players who want to play quartets and other forms of chamber music. It covers everything. The long chapter discussing the "literature" is exceptionally valuable.
Contents
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. How Many Players in a String Quartet?
- 2. The Home Salon
- 3. By Any Other Name Would Smell...
- 4. Staying in Shape
- 5. Of Bellies and Bows
- 6. Playing Second Fiddle
- 7. The Sociopathology of the String Quartet
- 8. Ripping the Rembrandt
- 9. Fiddling with Strangers
- 10. Some Informative Reading
- 11. Composers and Decomposers
- 12. Notes on the Literature
- 13. Expansion and Contraction
- 14. The High-Strung Amateur String Quartet Player
- Appendix: The Interpretation of Musical Terms
- Index
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