Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: August 31, 1834, Paderno Fasolaro Died: January 16, 1886, Milan (age 51)
Quartetto for 4 Winds with Pianoforte in B-flat major
(for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets and piano)
| Moderato - Con spirito - Andante - Allegro non molto - Allegretto moderato - Scherzoso con vivacità - Andantino - Allegro con brio - Allegro brillante |
Published:
1888
glossary
- allegretto—moderately quick tempo. slower than allegro but faster than andante
- 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
- andantino—faster than andante, slower than allegretto. Sometimes andantino is interpreted as the opposite: slower than andante
- brillante [I], brillant [F]—brilliant, showy, spirited, sparkling
- brio [I], con brio, brioso—vigor, vigorously, with fire
- 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
- 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
- molto [It]—very much
- 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
- quintet, quintette [F], quintett [G], quintetto [I]—an ensemble / work for 5 players, the typical examples being string quintet (with second viola or cello), piano quintet or woodwind quintet
- scherzando [I], scherzoso, scherzante—playfully, lively, jestingly
- spirito, con spirito, spiritoso, spirituoso—Spirited, lively
- vivacità [I]—vivacity