Scores & Links
Edition Silvertrust (score)
August Söderman (1832-1876)
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: July 17, 1832, Stockholm Died: February 10, 1876, Stockholm (age 43)
Piano Quartet in e minor
(for violin, viola, cello and piano)
| 7:55 | I. | Allegro moderato | |
| 3:26 | II. | Scherzo. Vivo | |
| 7:43 | III. | Andante | |
| 6:25 | IV. | Allegro |
Duration: 26 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1856 (age 23-24)
1 recording,
4 videos
autoopen
autoplay
7:55
Per Sandklef, Gideon Roehr, Åke Olofsson, Carin Gille-Rybrant
I.
Allegro moderato
3:26
Per Sandklef, Gideon Roehr, Åke Olofsson, Carin Gille-Rybrant
II.
Scherzo. Vivo
7:43
Per Sandklef, Gideon Roehr, Åke Olofsson, Carin Gille-Rybrant
III.
Andante
6:25
Per Sandklef, Gideon Roehr, Åke Olofsson, Carin Gille-Rybrant
IV.
Allegro
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
- 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
- piano quartet, Klavierquartett [G], Quatuor avec piano [F]—a ensemble (work) comprising violin, viola, cello and piano. Most of the great Classical and Romantic composers produced one or more works for this combination of which many are masterworks of chamber music.
- 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
- scherzo—lively, brisk, typically in a triple meter; usually a three-part form with central, contrasting trio
- vivo—lively, intense