Amanda Maier (1853-1894)
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: February 20, 1853, Landskrona Died: June 15, 1894, Amsterdam (age 41)
String Quartet in A major
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 8:42 | I. | Allegro | |
| 5:11 | II. | Andante | |
| 6:40 | III. | Allegro non troppo - Trio | |
| 10:02 | IV. | Finale. Presto |
Duration: 31 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
(?) 1877 (age 23-24)
Note: Incomplete manuscript
2 recordings,
6 videos
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8:42
Maier Quartet
I.
Allegro
5:39
Maier Quartet
II.
Andante
6:30
Maier Quartet
III.
Allegro non troppo - Trio
10:02
Maier Quartet
IV.
Finale. Presto
4:43
Cecilia Zilliacus, Julia-Maria Kretz, Johanna Persson, Kati Raitinen
II.
Andante
6:50
Cecilia Zilliacus, Julia-Maria Kretz, Johanna Persson, Kati Raitinen
III.
Allegro non troppo - Trio
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glossary
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- andante [I]—moderately slow tempo (e.g. walking). Faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
- 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
- presto—very fast, more so than allegro.
- 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.
Explore the string quartet. - 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