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Oxford's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony, The Concerto, and Choral Masterworks--have been widely praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now James Keller follows these greatly admired volumes with Chamber Music. Approaching the tradition of chamber music with knowledge and passion, Keller here serves as the often opinionated, always genial guide to 192 essential works by 56 composers, providing illuminating essays on what makes each piece distinctive and admirable. Keller spans the history of this intimate genre

Title Chamber music : a listener's guide / James M. Keller.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher New York : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2011
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
English
Content Cover
Contents
ANTON ARENSKY
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Trio Sonata in G major for Flute, Violin, and Basso Continuo, BWV 1038
Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
SAMUEL BARBER
String Quartet, Op. 11
Summer Music for Wind Quintet, Op. 31
BÉLA BARTÓK
String Quartet No. 2
String Quartet No. 3
String Quartet No. 4
String Quartet No. 5
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
String Quartet No. 6
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Trio in B-flat major for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 11String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6
Septet in E-flat major for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass, Op. 20
Serenade in D major for Flute, Violin, and Viola, Op. 25
String Quintet in C major, Op. 29
String Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1, First Razumovsky
String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, Second Razumovsky
String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, Third Razumovsky
Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, Ghost
Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70, No. 2
String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74, HarpString Quartet in F minor, Op. 95, Quartett Serioso
Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97
String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 127
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130, and Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
String Quartet in F major, Op. 135
ALBAN BERG
Lyric Suite for String Quartet
ALEXANDER BORODIN
String Quartet No. 2 in D major
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
Trio in E-flat major for Horn, Violin, and Piano, Op. 40
String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67
Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
Trio in A minor for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 114
Clarinet Quintet in B, Op. 115
BENJAMIN BRITTENPhantasy for Oboe and String Trio, Op. 2
String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
ELLIOTT CARTER
Eight Etudes and a Fantasy for Wind Quartet
AARON COPLAND
Two Pieces for String Quartet
Vitebsk (Study on a Jewish Theme)
RUTH CRAWFORD (SEEGER)
String Quartet 1931
GEORGE CRUMB
Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for Three Masked Players
Black Angels: Thirteen Images from the Dark Land (Images I)
An Idyll for the Misbegotten (to be heard from afar, over a lake, on a moonlit evening in August)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Sonata (No. 2) for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Extent 1 online resource (517 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010710396905171
MARC RECORDS

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