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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the world's great musical books--do buy it !
As a professional violinist with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields I can assure you that an enormous amount of wisdom,insight and brilliant musical writing is crammed into this book. If you want to know what insightful musical writing can be buy this tome!
Published on December 17, 1997 by anon
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9 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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Virtually worthless for the listener
Perhaps if you are a performer there might be something worthwhile in this book. But as a guide to listening to and comprehending the Haydn quartets, this book is virtually worthless. Once you get past the author's self-congratulatory breast-beating and his unsupported opinions about how few ensembles can play these pieces well (always excepting, of course, ensembles...
Published on August 22, 2000 by Stuart Bloom
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the world's great musical books--do buy it !,
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This review is from: The Great Haydn Quartets: Their Interpretation (Hardcover)
As a professional violinist with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields I can assure you that an enormous amount of wisdom,insight and brilliant musical writing is crammed into this book. If you want to know what insightful musical writing can be buy this tome!
9 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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Virtually worthless for the listener,
This review is from: The Great Haydn Quartets: Their Interpretation (Paperback)
Perhaps if you are a performer there might be something worthwhile in this book. But as a guide to listening to and comprehending the Haydn quartets, this book is virtually worthless. Once you get past the author's self-congratulatory breast-beating and his unsupported opinions about how few ensembles can play these pieces well (always excepting, of course, ensembles trained by the author), there's precious little left.
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The Great Haydn Quartets: Their Interpretation by Hans Keller (Hardcover - Oct. 1986)
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