John W. Barker

The Pro Arte Quartet (eBook, PDF)

A Century of Musical Adventure on Two Continents

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Produktbeschreibung

An engaging window into a century of musical life, as seen in the history of the Pro Arte String Quartet, first organized in 1912 and still performing today.

First organized in Brussels in 1912 by precocious young Belgian musicians, the Pro Arte String Quartet has survived two world wars and is still performing more than a century later -- a durability unique in the annals of such ensembles. Its membership has included such extraordinary musicians as founding first violinist Alphonse Onnou and his successor, Rudolf Kolisch. The Pro Arte was the first string quartet to be affiliated with an American university,a significant and much-imitated status, and the group continues to function in residence at the University of Wisconsin.

This book traces the Pro Arte Quartet's history from its beginnings to the present, highlighted byportraits of the diverse, fascinating, and colorful personalities, musicians and others, who have been a part of that history. The phases of its repertoires are analyzed, and the legacy of its recordings, many of pioneering significance, is reviewed. As a whole, the volume offers a panoramic window into a century of musical life.

John W. Barker is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Wagner and Venice (2008) and Wagner and Venice Fictionalized: Variations on a Theme (2012), both available from the University of Rochester Press.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787441453
• Artikelnr.: 56248575

Autorenporträt

John W. Barker

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Quartet Contexts The Onnou Years, I (1912
31) The Onnou Years, II (1932
40) The Brosa Years (1940
44) The Kolisch Years (1944
67) The Paulu Years, I (1967
79) The Paulu Years, II (1979
95) The Perry Years (1995
Present) Conclusion: Retrospect and Prospects Appendix A: Benny Goodman and the QPA Appendix B: Two Novels Appendix C: The Contemporary Music Project (1984
86) Appendix D: Commissions, Dedications, Premieres Appendix E: Discography Selected Bibliography Index A: Composers Index B: General