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Alfred Hill

Alfred Hill (1869-1960)

Nationality: Australian
Born: December 16, 1869, Melbourne Died: October 30, 1960, Sydney (age 90)
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20th Century

String Quartet No. 4 in c minor

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
6:09 I. Allegro
7:09 II. Adagio ma non troppo
4:51 III. Scherzo
6:08 IV. Finale. Rondo
Duration: 25 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1916 (age 46-47)
20th Century
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6:09
Dominion Quartet
I. Allegro
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II. Adagio ma non troppo
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Dominion Quartet
III. Scherzo
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IV. Finale. Rondo

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Mirrie Hill
Mirrie Hill (1889-1986)
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Nationality: Australian
Born: December 1, 1889, Randwick Died: May 1, 1986 (age 96)
Gustav Schreck
Gustav Schreck (1849-1918)
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Nationality: German
Born: September 8, 1849, Zeulenroda Died: January 22, 1918, Leipzig (age 68)

glossary

  • adagio [It]—slow tempo, often implying a lyrical, poignant character
  • 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
  • ma—but, however
  • 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
  • rondo—sectional movement form featuring a recurring refrain between contrasting episodes in a variety of plans, a typical one being ABACABA (A is the refrain; B and C are episodes). Often used for finales.
  • scherzo—lively, brisk, typically in a triple meter; usually a three-part form with central, contrasting trio
  • 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
  • troppo [I], non troppo, trop [F]—too, too much. non troppo means "not too much". e.g. "Allegro ma non troppo" means fast, but not too much