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String Quartet No. 3
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 13:08 | I. | Mesto, poco rubato | |
| 5:05 | II. | Allegretto | |
| 9:26 | III. | Agitato |
Duration: 25 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
2000 (age 51-52)
Revised:
2001 (age 52-53)
1 recording,
3 videos
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13:08
Cassatt String Quartet
I.
Mesto, poco rubato
5:05
Cassatt String Quartet
II.
Allegretto
9:26
Cassatt String Quartet
III.
Agitato
glossary
- agitato, agité [F]—agitated, restless, excited
- allegretto—moderately quick tempo. slower than allegro but faster than andante
- 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
- mesto—sad, mournful, possibly dour
- 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
- rubato—to artfully distort the rhythmic flow for expressive emphasis by slowing (speeding) the tempo around certain points of articulation. Meaning "robbed" time suggesting that a slowing must be balanced by a speeding up
- string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—ensemble or a work 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. Explore the string quartet | wiki