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Annotated Bibliography (due Monday, April 4, 2022 at 10:00am)
[edit]Source #1
[edit]| Question | Length | Score | Your Annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is the author | 1-2 sentences | /2 pts | Mark A. Radice - He is a former Music history teacher at several universities such as Ithaca College and San Fransisco State University. He graduated from the Eastman school of music with a PHD in Historical Musicology [1] |
| Who is the intended readership? | 1-2 sentences | /3 pts | The intended readership as specified on the back of the cover is meant mostly for music students as a textbook, but also for people interested in a general overview that may be enthusiasts of classical music. [2] |
| How does this source illuminate the topic? | 3-4 sentences | /5 pts | It provides a good overview of the Op. 18 collection as a whole that will be a good source to draw on for contextualizing No. 4 specifically. It also goes into some in-depth discussion about other movements of the quartet that might be a good reference for how to structure my own overview of No. 4 through sources. It also contains some ideas that are present in all of Op. 18, such as form and movement structure. |
Source #2
[edit]| Question | Length | Score | Your Annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is the author | 1-2 sentences | /2 pts | Mark Steinberg is a violinist in the Brentano Quartet, one of the foremost string quartets in the world. |
| Who is the intended readership? | 1-2 sentences | /3 pts | The intended readership is not entirely clear since it is an online pdf, but I would guess that it is for several audiences. Firstly, quartets that are studying the work, but also for program notes to audience members and people curious about the peice. |
| How does this source illuminate the topic? | 3-4 sentences | /5 pts | This provides a very in-depth analysis of melodic and harmonic motives in the quartet. It also provides a very narrative overview of the quartet of the whole which is very interesting. It also contains an overview of the movement structure. |
Source #3
[edit]| Question | Length | Score | Your Annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is the author | 1-2 sentences | /2 pts | The Julliard String Quartet is also one of the most prominent quartets in the world. |
| Who is the intended readership? | 1-2 sentences | /3 pts | I believe this book is meant as a textbook and also companion piece to quartet musicians studying Beethoven's music. |
| How does this source illuminate the topic? | 3-4 sentences | /5 pts | Just as the title says, this provides context through history, how interpretation has been shaped, and performance practice. It contains in depth discussion of all of Beethoven's quartets. |
Source #4
[edit]| Question | Length | Score | Your Annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is the author | 1-2 sentences | /2 pts | Joseph de Marliave was a French Musicologist in at the turn of the twentieth century. He was a friend of Gabriel Faure and is most known for this book and being a captain in the French army.[3] |
| Who is the intended readership? | 1-2 sentences | /3 pts | The intended readership is for anyone curious about a musicologist perspective on the Beethoven Quartets. This could include students, musicologists, and performers. |
| How does this source illuminate the topic? | 3-4 sentences | /5 pts | This is an expansive and widely quoted/read book. It will go into context, interpretation, and analysis. |
Source #5
[edit]| Question | Length | Score | Your Annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is the author | 1-2 sentences | /2 pts | Kai Christiansen is a musicologist specializing in chamber music. He is also the founder of earsense.org, which in their words is a chamber music "explatorium".[4] |
| Who is the intended readership? | 1-2 sentences | /3 pts | The intended readership is for a wide audience. Meant as easy program notes, but also as a way to explain to a more general readership aspects of chamber music through pieces. |
| How does this source illuminate the topic? | 3-4 sentences | /5 pts | This will provide a general overview of the piece that provides great context and is well written. There is also some good analysis and narrative that will be interesting to synthesize with the Brentano Quartet source. It also contains some comparisons to his other works and how they fit in and compare to Op. 18, No. 4 |
Bibliography
[edit]Source #1. Tertiary Source. Radice provides a good overview of Beethoven as a composer and some more general discussion of the Op. 18 quartets[5]
Source #2. Secondary Source. A member of the Brentano Quartet, Mark Steinberg discusses harmonic and melodic details of Op. 18, No. 4 specifically[6]
Source #3. Secondary Source. The members of the Julliard quartet write about the history, interpretation, and performance of many of Beethoven's quartets. I am hoping this will contain good inside on historical context[7]
Source #4. Secondary Source. This should give a good in-depth analysis of each movement.[8]
Source #5. Tertiary Source. Christiansen provides a nice overview of the quartet as a whole that may be useful. [9]
- ^ "Mark Radice". Ithaca College. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Joseph de Marliave". Military Wiki. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "Kai Christiansen". GCCP Music. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ Radice, Mark (2012). Chamber Music an Essential History. The University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-02811-5.
- ^ Steinberg, Mark. "Beethoven Quartet opus 18 #4" (PDF). Brentano Quartet.
- ^ Lockwood, Lewis (2008). Inside Beethoven's quartets : history, interpretation, performance. Juilliard String Quartet. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02809-8. OCLC 177063053.
- ^ Marliave, Joseph de (2004). Beethoven's quartets. Jean Escarra (Dover ed ed.). Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-43965-8. OCLC 56214611.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ Christiansen, Kai. "From Kai Christiansen". earsense.