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Allain Gaussin (born 1943)
Nationality:
French
Born: November 6, 1943, Saint-Sever-Calvados, Normandy (age 80)
Chakra for String Quartet
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
Duration: 11 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1984 (age 40-41)
Commission: Radio France for the Arditti quartet
Premiere:
March, 1985. Paris, Radio France. Arditti Quartet
1 recording,
1 videos
9:37
JACK Quartet
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Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Teacher
Nationality:
French
Born: December 10, 1908, Avignon Died: April 27, 1992, Paris (age 83)
Florentine Mulsant (born 1962)
Student
Nationality:
French
Born: March 27, 1962, Dakar (age 62)
glossary
- 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
- 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
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string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—an ensemble as well as music 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.
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