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String Quartet No. 1 in B-flat major, Maori
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 6:58 | I. | Moderato - Allegro | |
| 3:19 | II. | Waiata | |
| 4:20 | III. | Tamgi (Lament) | |
| 8:07 | IV. | Finale |
Duration: 22 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1911 (age 41-42)
1 recording,
4 videos
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6:58
Dominion Quartet
I.
Moderato - Allegro
3:19
Dominion Quartet
II.
Waiata
4:19
Dominion Quartet
III.
Tamgi (Lament)
8:07
Dominion Quartet
IV.
Finale
Related Composers
Mirrie Hill (1889-1986)
Wife
Nationality:
Australian
Born: December 1, 1889, Randwick Died: May 1, 1986 (age 96)
Gustav Schreck (1849-1918)
Teacher
Nationality:
German
Born: September 8, 1849, Zeulenroda Died: January 22, 1918, Leipzig (age 68)
glossary
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
- finale [I], final [F]—The final movement, sometimes explicitly titled thus
- lamento, lament, lamentoso, lamentabile—dirge; a song or hymn of mourning; in the manner of one
- moderato [I], moderamente, modéré [F], modérément [F]—moderately, at a moderate tempo, applying a touch of restraint to its related word(s), e.g. allegro moderato
- quartet, quatuor [F], quartett [G], quartetto [I], cuarteto [S]—ensemble or work for four players the most important examples being the string quartet and the piano quartet
- string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—ensemble or a work written for that ensemble comprising 2 violins, viola, and cello. This is one of the essential genres/forms/ensembles of chamber music and arguably a critical "core" of "classical" music. Explore the string quartet | wiki