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Anton Reicha

Anton Reicha (1770-1836)

Nationality: Czech | French
Born: February 26, 1770, Prague Died: May 28, 1836, Paris (age 66)
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Quatuor Scientifique (XII morceaux de musique) for String Quartet

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
5:26 I. Adagio - Allegro
3:52 II. Fuga. Allegro vivace
3:57 III. Fuga. Poco andante
3:12 IV. Fuga. Allegro moderato
3:45 V. Fuga. Allegro moderato
2:30 VI. Fuga. Allego
2:41 VII. Fuga (Thème de W.A. Mozart). Allegro
2:37 VIII. Allegro assai
5:14 IX. Fuga. Allegro
5:46 X. Menuetto. Allegro non troppo
2:58 XI. Fuga (Thème de J. Haydn). Allegro molto moderato
6:13 XII. Finale (Mesure composée). Allegro un poco vivo
Duration: 49 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1806 (age 35-36)
1 recording, 12 videos
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5:26
Reicha Quartet
I. Adagio - Allegro
3:52
Reicha Quartet
II. Fuga. Allegro vivace
3:57
Reicha Quartet
III. Fuga. Poco andante
3:12
Reicha Quartet
IV. Fuga. Allegro moderato
3:45
Reicha Quartet
V. Fuga. Allegro moderato
2:30
Reicha Quartet
VI. Fuga. Allego
2:41
Reicha Quartet
VII. Fuga (Thème de W.A. Mozart). Allegro
2:37
Reicha Quartet
VIII. Allegro assai
5:14
Reicha Quartet
IX. Fuga. Allegro
5:46
Reicha Quartet
X. Menuetto. Allegro non troppo
2:58
Reicha Quartet
XI. Fuga (Thème de J. Haydn). Allegro molto moderato
6:13
Reicha Quartet
XII. Finale (Mesure composée). Allegro un poco vivo

Related Composers

1800 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Johann Albrechtsberger (1736-1809) Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Anton Reicha (1770-1836) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) George Onslow (1784-1853) Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) Franz Liszt (1811-1886) César Franck (1822-1890)
César Franck
César Franck (1822-1890)
Student
Nationality: French | Belgian
Born: December 10, 1822, Liège Died: November 8, 1890, Paris (age 67)
Louise Farrenc
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)
Student
Nationality: French
Born: May 31, 1804, Paris Died: September 15, 1875, Paris (age 71)
George Onslow
George Onslow (1784-1853)
Student
Nationality: French | English
Born: July 27, 1784, Clermont-Ferrand Died: October 3, 1853, Clermont-Ferrand (age 69)
Johann Albrechtsberger
Johann Albrechtsberger (1736-1809)
Teacher
Nationality: Austrian
Born: February 3, 1736, Klosterneuburg Died: March 7, 1809, Vienna (age 73)
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
Teacher
Nationality: Italian
Born: August 18, 1750, Legnago Died: May 7, 1825, Vienna (age 74)
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Student
Nationality: Hungarian
Born: October 22, 1811, Raiding Died: July 31, 1886, Bayreuth (age 74)

glossary

  • adagio [It]—slow tempo, often implying a lyrical, poignant character
  • 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
  • assai—very much. Intensifies the direction of its neighboring words, e.g. "allegro assai", very fast
  • 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
  • fugue, fuga, fuge [G], fuguette, fugen [G,pl]—a contrapuntal procedure (form) involving a musical subject (theme) that is successively imitated by multiple overlapping voices. There is a vast canon of rules (concepts) for creating elaborate and diverse fugues with an infinite variety of character based on fairly specific parameters. Fugues (or partial fugato) are found throughout classical music from the late Renaissance to the present.
  • mesuré [F]—measured, moderate, in strict time
  • minuet, menuet [F], Menuett [G], menuetto [I], minuetto [I]—A graceful, courtly French dance of the Baroque and Classical period with a triple meter and a moderate tempo.It was introduced at the court of Louis XIV. In classical forms such as the symphony or chamber music, the minuet evolved into the more vigorous scherzo.
  • 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
  • morceau [F], morceaux [pl]—a short character piece, a tune, a song
  • poco, un poco, poco a poco—a little bit, e.g. "andante un poco moto" is andante with a little more motion than typical. "poco a poco" means a little bit at a time, gradually.
  • 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]—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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  • 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
  • vivace—brisk, lively tempo faster than allegro
  • vivo—lively, intense