Dmitri Klebanov (1907-1987)

Nationality: Ukrainian | Soviet

Born: July 25, 1907, Khar′kiv Died: June 6, 1987 (age 79)

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String Quartet No. 5

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

Duration: 26 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1966 (age 58-59)

1 recording, 3 videos

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11:15

ARC Ensemble

I. Allegro non troppo

6:45

ARC Ensemble

II. Andante

7:46

ARC Ensemble

III. Vivace

Student

Nationality: Russian | Soviet

Born: June 13, 1942, Miass, Ural, Russia Died: July 10, 2012, Hamburg (age 70)

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
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]—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.
Explore the string quartet.
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