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Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
Nationality:
Bohemian
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Czech
Born: March 2, 1824, Litomyšl Died: May 12, 1884, Prague (age 60)
String Quartet No. 2 in d minor
| 5:23 | I. | Allegro | |
| 5:39 | II. | Allegro moderato | |
| 4:55 | III. | Allegro non più moderato, ma agitato e con fuoco | |
| 2:43 | IV. | Finale. Presto |
Duration: 18 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1883 (age 58-59)
3 recordings,
9 videos
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19:12
Stamitz Quartet
5:11
Travnicek Quartet
I.
Allegro
5:32
Travnicek Quartet
II.
Allegro moderato
4:38
Travnicek Quartet
III.
Allegro non più moderato, ma agitato e con fuoco
2:34
Travnicek Quartet
IV.
Finale. Presto
5:08
Talich Quartet
I.
Allegro
5:25
Talich Quartet
II.
Allegro moderato
4:50
Talich Quartet
III.
Allegro non più moderato, ma agitato e con fuoco
2:45
Talich Quartet
IV.
Finale. Presto
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glossary
- agitato, agité [F]—agitated, restless, excited
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- 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
- con [I,S]—with
- e [It]—and
- finale [I], final [F]—The final movement, sometimes explicitly titled thus
- fuoco, con fuoco, avec feu [Fr], mit Feuer [G], feurig [G]—fire, fiery; passionately, burning energy and excitement; impetuously
- ma—but, however
- 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
- più—more
- 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]—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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