The String Quartets of Beethoven

Contents

• Contents Introduction William Kinderman
• 1. Transformational Processes in Beethoven's Op. 18 Quartets William Kinderman
• 2. Metrical Dissonance and Metrical Revision in Beethoven's String Quartets Harald Krebs
• 3. Peak Experience: High Register and Structure in the "Razumovsky" Quartets, Op. 59 Malcolm Miller
• 4. Beethoven's "Harp" Quartet: The Sketches in Context Lewis Lockwood
• 5. "Haydn's Geist aus Beethovens Handen"? Fantasy and Farewell in the Quartet in E, Op. 74 Nicholas Marston
• 6. Aspects of the Genesis of Beethoven's String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 Seow-Chin Ong
• 7. "so traumte mir, ich reiste [. . .] nach Indien": Temporality and Mythology in Op. 127/I Birgit Lodes
• 8. Plenitude as Fulfillment: The Third Movement of Beethoven's String Quartet in B, Op. 130 Robert Hatten
• 9. The Genesis of the Countersubjects for the Grosse Fuge William Caplin
• 10. Opus 131 and the Uncanny Joseph Kerman
• 11. Beethoven's Last Quartets: Threshold to a Fourth Creative Period? William Kinderman Appendix: Chronology and Sources of the String Quartets Selected Bibliography Index