Abstract
Why are we including this topic in a book on performance theory? Couldn’t one include any other topic relating to a specific musical genre as well? Solo piano music, operas, what not? The reason for the special role of the string quartet is that this genre has a theory, a re ection about why these four instruments—the two violins, the viola and the violoncello—merge to such a perfect harmony or collaborative music, a theory that is not only relevant sociologically, but also with respect to the intrinsic messaging of musical contents.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Computational Music Science |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Pages | 173-184 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2011 |
Publication series
| Name | Computational Music Science |
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| ISSN (Print) | 1868-0305 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1868-0313 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2011, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Keywords
- General Position
- Musical Content
- Musical Genre
- Musical Symbol
- Perfect Harmony