Compositional process in Elliott Carter's string quartets: a study in sketches

by Emmery, Laura V.

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Full title :Compositional process in Elliott Carter's string quartets : a study in sketches / Laura Emmery

Summary

Compositional Process in Elliott Carter's String Quartets is an interdisciplinary study examining the evolution and compositional process in Elliott Carter's five string quartets. Offering a systematic and logical way of unpacking concepts and processes in these quartets that would otherwise remain opaque, the book's narrative reveals new aspects of understanding these works and draws novel conclusions on their collective meaning and Carter's place as the leading American modernist. Each of Carter's five string quartets is driven by a new idea that Carter was exploring during a particular period, which allows for each quartet to be examined under a unique lens and a deeper understanding of his oeuvre at large. Drawing on key ideas from a variety of subjects including performance studies, philosophy, music cognition, musical meaning and semantics, literary criticism, and critical theory, this is an informative volume for scholars and researchers in the areas of music theory and musicology. Analyses are supplemented with sketch study, correspondence, text manuscripts, and other archival sources from the Paul Sacher Stiftung, the Library of Congress, and the New York Public Library.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvii, 249 pages) : : illustrations, music

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780429621666, 0429621663, 9780429055256, 0429055250, 9780429619519, 0429619510
oclc:on1129043082
LC Classification:ML410.C3293
Dewey Decimal:780.92