Beethoven's String Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131

In Beethoven's String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131, author Nancy November provides an analysis of Beethoven's Op. 131, illuminated by excerpts from a range of sound recordings, geared towards allowing the reader to access earlier modes of listening and interpretation. The book's well-rounded and multifaceted approach blends mainstream, traditional scholarship with popular media.

Nancy November is an Associate Professor in musicology at the University of Auckland. Combining interdisciplinarity and cultural history, her research continues to center on chamber music of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, probing questions of historiography, canonization, and genre. She is the recipient of a Humboldt Fellowship; and two Marsden Grants from the New Zealand Royal Society.

1. Re-hearing Op. 131
2. The early and popular reception of Op.131
3. "A new kind of part writing"
4. "Like an overly large fantasy"
5. Op. 131 and the Rise of Attentive Listening