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The Pro Arte Quartet: A Century of Musical Adventure on Two Continents

The Pro Arte Quartet: A Century of Musical Adventure on Two Continents

Barker, John W.

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralMusic ReferenceMusic Instruction: Strings

ISBN10: 158046906X
ISBN13: 9781580469067
Publisher: Univ Of Rochester Pr
Published: Oct 20 2017
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.68
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

First organized in Brussels in 1912 by precocious young Belgian musicians, the Pro Arte String Quartet has survived two world wars and is still performing more than a century later -- a durability unique in the annals of such ensembles. Its membership has included such extraordinary musicians as founding first violinist Alphonse Onnou and his successor, Rudolf Kolisch. The Pro Arte was the first string quartet to be affiliated with an American university, a significant and much-imitated status, and the group continues to function in residence at the University of Wisconsin. This book traces the Pro Arte Quartet's history from its beginnings to the present, highlighted by portraits of the diverse, fascinating, and colorful personalities, musicians and others, who have been a part of that history. The phases of its repertoires are analyzed, and the legacy of its recordings, many of pioneering significance, is reviewed. As a whole, the volume offers a panoramic window into a century of musical life. John W. Barker is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Wagner and Venice (2008) and Wagner and Venice Fictionalized: Variations on a Theme (2012), both available from the University of Rochester Press.

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