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This chapter introduces the best evolved theoretical part of instrumentation: string quartet theory. It starts with a short historic synopsis and then reviews Ludwig Finscher’s work [320] on string quartet theory. We then focus on the technical core subject: the violin family as an instrumentation paradigm for the string quartet. The chapter concludes with a general discussion of semantics of sound colors.
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Mazzola, G. (2017). Historical and Theoretical Prerequisites. In: The Topos of Music II: Performance. Computational Music Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64444-8_22
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