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| The Art of Quartet Playing: The Guarneri Quartet in Conversation with |  | Author: David Blum
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Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
ISBN: 0575039302
EAN: 9780575039308
ASIN: 0575039302
Publication Date: 1986
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Condition: 247pp., 8vo, cloth-backed bds.; light water damage on front corner of bds. & small tear in the d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
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| Customer Reviews:
 music inside scoop October 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fascinating look into the specifics of how a string quartet actually works. Lots of inside information.
thank you very much for prompt & smart sending February 28, 2006
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book which I received was like a new book.
I was satisfied with the shopping. Thank you very much.
 An amazing quartet with lots to say! March 31, 2000
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
My first encounter with the Guarneri String Quartet was in reading Arnold Steinhardt's book, *Indivisible by Four*. There, I gained an understanding and fascination for the relationships within the quartet and the overall amazing professional and musical workings of a well-established chamber group. This fascination led my to seek out *The Art of Quartet Playing*. In this book, David Blum and the Guarneri quartet explore various technical aspects of quartet playing and string playing in general. Many of the ideas for rehearsal and performance techniques presented by the quartet (on topics including the decisions as to which players should give cues and when) provide useful advice for quartets of all levels. While mere descriptions of quartet techniques could tend to get old fast, the quartet members' witty and satirical comments, often coming out of nowhere, keep the reading entertaining as well as informative. This book ends with a journey through the score of Beethoven's Opus 131 quartet, guided by the explanations of the people who know it best, the musicians who play it. I recommend this book to anyone who loves string quartets, playing them or listening to them. While it may not take hold of the imagination as fully as *Indivisible by Four*, there is much to be learned and enjoyed in these conversations between David Blum and the Guarneri String Quartet.
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