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Article: The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet.(Book Review)
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The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet. Edited by Robin Stowell. (Cambridge Companions to Music.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. [xiv, 373 p. ISBN 0-521-80194-X $75 (hbk.); ISBN 0-521-00042-4 $27 (pbk.)] Illustrations, music examples, bibliography, index.
A volume on the string quartet is the latest contribution to the Cambridge Companion series devoted to topics. Both scholars and performers have contributed to provide a wide range of perspectives on this subject. The fifteen chapters are divided into four main areas: the changing social role of the string quartet and organological developments; a history of the most celebrated ensembles; ...