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Tokyo String Quartet
January 26, 2005

Haydn: Quartet in C Major, op. 33, no. 3, "The Birds" | Carter: Quartet no. 1 | Brahms: Quartet in c minor, op. 51, no. 1

Bibliography

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet in C Major, op. 33, no. 3, "The Birds"

Barrett-Ayres, Reginald. Joseph Haydn and the String Quartet. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1974.

Cobbett, Walter Willson. “Haydn.” Cobbett’s Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. Vol. 1. London: Oxford UP, 1963.

Ferguson, Donald N. Image and Structure in Chamber Music. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1964.

Keller, Hans. The Great Haydn Quartets: Their Interpretations. London: Dent, 1993.

Lyons, James. Booklet. Haydn String Quartets. Vol. 2. Perf. Dekany Quartet. LP. Vox, 1964.

Webster, James. “Haydn, Joseph.” Grove Music Online. Ed. L. Macy. 17 January 2005 <http://www.grovemusic.com>.

Wolf, Eugene K. “String Quartet.” New Harvard Dictionary of Music. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1993.

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Elliott Carter (1908-)
Quartet no. 1 (1951)

Cohn, Arthur. The Literature of Chamber Music. Vol. 1. Chapel Hill: Hinshaw, 1997.

Edwards, Ellen. Flawed Words and Stubborn Sounds: A Conversation with Elliot Carter. New York: Norton, 1971.

Carter, Elliot. Liner notes. String Quartets No. 1 & 2. By Elliot Carter. Perf. Composers Quartet. LP. onesuch, 1970.

Morgan, Robert P. “Elliot Carter.” Booklet. The Four String Quartets. By Elliot Carter. Perf. Julliard String Quartet. CD. Sony, 1991.

Schiff, David. “Carter, Elliot.” Grove Music Online. Ed. L. Macy. 16 January 2005 <http://www.grovemusic.com>.

Stein, Leonard and Peter Zaferes. “String Quartet No.1 (1951).” Booklet. The Four String Quartets. By Elliot Carter. Perf. Julliard String Quartet. CD. Sony, 1991.

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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Quartet in c minor, op. 51, no. 1

Anonymous. Liner notes. Brahms Quartet No. 1 & Dvorak Quintet No. 3. Perf. Budapest String Quartet. LP. Columbia, 195-

Bozarth, George S. and Walter Frisch. “Brahms, Johannes.” Grove Music Online. Ed. L. Macy. 17 January 2005 <http://www.grovemusic.com>.

Burr, Charles. Liner notes. The Complete String Quartets of Johannes Brahms. Perf. Budapest String Quartet. LP. Columbia, 1955.

Drinker, Henry S. The Chamber Music of Brahms. Westport: Greenwood, 1974.

Ferguson, Donald N. Image and Structure in Chamber Music. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1964.

Leonard, P. Alfred. “The Brahms String Quartet.” Liner notes. Brahms: The Complete String Quartets.Perf. Cleveland Quartet. LP. RCA, 1973.

Loft, Abram. Ensemble!: A Rehearsal Guide to Thirty Great Works of Chamber Music. Portland: Amadeus, 1992.

Mason, Daniel Gregory. The Chamber Music of Brahms. New York: Macmillan, 1933.

Schumann, Karl. “The Chamber Works of Brahms.” Booklet. Brahms: Complete Chamber Music. LP. Perf Quartetto Italiano et al. Philips, 1980.

Swafford, Jan. Johannes Brahms: a Biography. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1997.

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