num_pages: 406
description: A critical study of the structure, style, and significance of the sixteen string quartets. Beethoven's quartets show a technical mastery, depth of thought, and intensity of musical inspiration unsurpassed by any other composer. This brilliant survey, by one of America's leading musical scholars, has already achieved classic status.
language: English
title: The Beethoven Quartets
titlecomplete: The Beethoven Quartets
genres: Nonfiction, Music
ratings_count: 30
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company