Chamber Music

Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide is a reference tool for anyone interested in chamber music. It is not a history or an encyclopedia but a guide to where to find answers to questions about chamber music. The third edition adds nearly 600 new entries to cover new research since publication of the previous edition in 2002. Most of the literature is books, articles in journals and magazines, dissertations and theses, and essays or chapters in Festschriften, treatises, and biographies. In addition to the core literature obscure citations are also included when they are the only studies in a particular field. In addition to being printed, this volume is also for the first time available online. The online environment allows for information to be updated as new research is introduced. This database of information is a "live" resource, fully searchable, and with active links. Users will have unlimited access, annual revisions will be made and a limited number of pages can be downloaded for printing.

John H Baron

Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction CHAPTER I BASIC REFERENCE General Music Reference Chamber Music Reference Periodicals Bibliographies CHAPTER II HISTORY OF CHAMBER MUSIC General Studies The String Quartet Sonata Woodwind Ensembles Brass Ensembles Mixed Ensembles of Woodwinds and Brass Other Genres Studies of the Chamber Music of Particular Regions of the World Africa , Albania , Armenia , Australia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belgium , Brazil , Bulgaria , Canada , China , Croatia , Czechoslovakia , Danzig , Denmark , England , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Hungary , Ireland , Israel , Italy , Moldavia , The Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway , Poland , Puerto Rico , Romania , Russia , Scandinavia , Serbia , South Africa , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Ukraine , Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , United States of America , Uzbek , Yugoslavia CHAPTER III ANALYTIC STUDIES Aesthetics and Definitions Analytic Methods Analysis of Specific Works CHAPTER IV PERFORMANCE PRACTICE OF CHAMBER MUSIC General Advice on Performing Chamber Music Bibliographies of Performance Practice for Chamber Music Performance Advice for the Overall Chamber Music of Specific Periods and Composers Advice on Performing String Quartets Advice on Performing Sonatas Advice on Performing Wind Ensembles Advice on Performance of Other Types of Chamber Music Advice on Performance of Individual Instruments in Chamber Music Suggestions on the Use of Conductors for Contemporary Chamber Music Advice on Ornamentation Discussion of Tempo Discussion of Dynamics Discussion of Scoring Discussion of Acoustics CHAPTER V PERFORMERS OF CHAMBER MUSIC General Lists and Discussions of Performance Groups Discussions of Multiple Chamber Groups, Especially String Quartets Studies of Individual Performing Groups Studies of Individual Performers of Chamber Music CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS Patronage and Concert Series Women's Studies Early Recordings of Chamber Music Music Therapy Education Iconography Films INDICES Subject