txtCommentary1=A more sober but in some ways more illuminating look is to be had in Mary Dows Herter Norton\'92s (all her names; she went by M.D. to avoid identity as a female){\i The Art of{\uldb String Quartet}{\v 154839}Playing} (New York, 1962). Practically speaking, the book is out of print, although you can occasionally pick up a copy in a used bookstore.{\fs24\uldb \'80}{\v next}