Edgar Bainton

Edgar Bainton (1880-1956)

Nationality: English | Australian
Born: February 14, 1880, Hackney, London Died: December 8, 1956, Sydney (age 76)
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String Quartet in A major

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
9:07 I. Poco moderato con grazia - Più mosso, impetuoso - Molto più lento e tranquillo
3:50 II. Scherzo. Poco vivace scherzando
7:58 III. Non troppo lento - Allegro, molto energico - Poco adagio
4:37 IV. Allegro vivace - Molto più lento
Duration: 26 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1919 (age 38-39)
2 recordings, 5 videos
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9:07
The Locrian Ensemble
I. Poco moderato con grazia - Più mosso, impetuoso - Molto più lento e tranquillo
3:50
The Locrian Ensemble
II. Scherzo. Poco vivace scherzando
7:58
The Locrian Ensemble
III. Non troppo lento - Allegro, molto energico - Poco adagio
4:37
The Locrian Ensemble
IV. Allegro vivace - Molto più lento
26:22
Austral String Quartet

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glossary

  • adagio [It]—slow tempo, often implying a lyrical, poignant character
  • 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
  • e [It]—and
  • energico, con energia, énergique [F], avec énergie [F], energisch [G]—with energy, force, vigor and power
  • impetuoso [I], con impeto, con impetuo—impetuous, vehement, boisterous
  • lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
  • 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
  • molto [It]—very much
  • mosso—moved, with motion, stirred, agitated
  • 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
  • scherzando [I], scherzoso, scherzante—playfully, lively, jestingly
  • scherzo—lively, brisk, typically in a triple meter; usually a three-part form with central, contrasting trio
  • string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—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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  • tranquillo [It], tranquille [F], tranquillement—tranquil, peaceful, soft
  • 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