Scores & Links
Video Score
Quartet II
(for soprano and string trio)
Duration: 16 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1964 (age 37-38)
2 recordings,
2 videos
15:31
(score) Mady Mesplé, soprano, Trio à cordes français: Gérard Jarry, violin, Serge Collot, viola, Michel Tournus, cello
15:25
Mady Mesplé, soprano, Trio à cordes français: Gérard Jarry, violin, Serge Collot, viola, Michel Tournus, cello
Related Composers
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Teacher
Nationality:
French
Born: December 10, 1908, Avignon Died: April 27, 1992, Paris (age 83)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Teacher
Nationality:
French
Born: September 4, 1892, Marseilles Died: June 22, 1974, Geneva (age 81)
glossary
- 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
- 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 trio, Streichtrio [G], Trio d'archi [I], Trio à cordes [F], Trío de cuerdas [S] —a work for three stringed instruments, most commonly violin, viola, and cello. A more rarefied form than the string quartet, perhaps because the texture is sparse (each instrument highly exposed) and the means are more difficult for natural harmonic richness. But these become challenges and assets in the great trios. Trios almost always emphasize countrapuntal writing with each of the three players in strong relief. Explore the string trio | wiki
- vocalise—A vocal exercise or song without words, which is sung on one or more vowel sounds. The singing of vocalise is called vocalization.