BEETHOVEN FOR A LATER AGE: THE JOURNEY OF A STRING QUARTET
Book ID/图书代码： 04560015B82330
English Summary/英文概要： ’They are not for you but for a later age!’ Ludwig van Beethoven, on the Opus 59 quartets
Beethoven’s sixteen string quartets are some of the most extraordinary and challenging pieces of music ever written. They have inspired artists of all kinds - not only musicians - and have been subject to endless reinterpretation. What does it feel like to be a musician taking on these iconic works? And how do the four string players who make up a quartet interact, both musically and personally?
The Takács is one of the world’s pre-eminent string quartets. Performances of Beethoven have shaped their work together for over forty years. Using the history of both the Takács Quartet and the Beethoven quartets as the backbone to his story, Edward Dusinberre, first violinist of the Takács since 1993, recounts the exhilarating challenge of tackling these pieces. Beethoven for a Later Age takes the reader inside the daily life of a quartet, vividly showing the necessary creative tension between individual and group expression and how four people can enjoy making music together over a long period of time. The key, the author argues, is in balancing continuity with change and experimentation - a theme that lies at the heart of Beethoven’s remarkable compositions. No other composer has posed so many questions about the form and emotional content of a string quartet, and come up with so many different answers. In an accessible style, suitable for novices and chamber music enthusiasts alike, Dusinberre illuminates the variety and inherent contradictions of Beethoven’s quartets, composed against the turbulent backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath, and shows that engaging with this radical music continues to be as invigorating now as it was for its first performers and audiences.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “这些不是给你们的，而是留给后世的！”贝多芬如是评价59四重奏。
贝多芬的十六首弦乐四重奏是至今最非凡、最具挑战的音乐作品。这些作品激发的不止是音乐家，而是所有领域艺术家们，并带来了无穷无尽的再次演绎。能够演绎这些标志性作品是什么感受？四重奏团的乐手们如何互相配合，使得四重奏既体现出音乐造诣，又有个人风格呢？
塔卡克斯是世界上知名的弦乐四重奏团。他们已经共同演绎了四十多年的贝多芬乐曲。爱德华•都塞贝瑞从1993年开始担任塔卡克斯奏团的首席小提琴手，他在书中描述了奏团和贝多芬四重奏的历史以及奏团在演奏中不断挑战的愉快经历。《留给后世的贝多芬弦乐四重奏》带读者了解了一个四重奏团的平日生活，生动展现了为了使个人和团队的表现更佳而必须的一些创造冲突，以及四个乐手是如何在较长的一段时间内还能持续享受创造音乐的乐趣的。作者认为其关键在于平衡改变和实验的持续性，这也同样是贝多芬经典乐曲的核心。没有其他的作曲家可以提出这么多关于弦乐四重奏的形式和情感问题，又自行给出那么多不同回答的。都塞贝瑞用一种十分容易接受的风格，使新手和资深音乐爱好者们都能理解贝多芬弦乐四重奏的多样性和内在矛盾。在拿破仑战争和战后的艰难岁月中，贝多芬还坚持作曲，这些激昂的音乐让演奏者和观众们似乎都能感受到战争的氛围。（XAT）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 爱德华•都塞贝瑞是世界知名的塔卡克斯四重奏团的首席小提琴手。塔卡克斯录制的贝多芬弦乐四重奏曲由英国迪卡公司发行，被广泛评价为现代最佳四重奏乐曲之一。团队在世界范围内屡获殊荣，其中包括一次格莱美奖、两次留声机大奖、BBC音乐杂志“年度CD”。他们会在2016年到17年间，在美国和伦敦完整演绎贝多芬的四重奏作品。爱德华是科罗拉多大学波德分校的常驻教授。
Edward Dusinberre is first violinist of the world-renowned Takács Quartet. The Takács’ recordings of Beethoven’s string quartets, released on the Decca label and widely considered one of the most significant recent recordings of the repertoire, have earned numerous awards world-wide, including a Grammy, two Gramophone Awards, and BBC Music Magazine’s ’CD of the Year’. They will perform complete cycles of the Beethoven quartets in the USA and London in the 2016/17 season. Dusinberre is Artist-in-Residence at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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