Elizabeth Maconchy

Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)

Nationality: Irish | English
Born: March 19, 1907, Broxbourne Died: November 11, 1994, Norwich (age 87)
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String Quartet No. 6

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
7:23 I. Passagaclia. Lento moderato
4:14 II. Allegro scherzando
5:10 III. Lento espressivo, rubato
3:15 IV. Allegro molto, con brio
Duration: 20 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1950 (age 42-43)
Published: 1951 (age 43-44)
1 recording, 4 videos
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7:17
Bingham String Quartet
I. Passagaclia. Lento moderato
4:08
Bingham String Quartet
II. Allegro scherzando
5:04
Bingham String Quartet
III. Lento espressivo, rubato
3:15
Bingham String Quartet
IV. Allegro molto, con brio

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glossary

  • allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
  • brio [I], con brio, brioso—vigor, vigorously, with fire
  • 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
  • espressivo [It], con espressione, expressif [Fr]—expressive, with expression.with feeling
  • 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
  • passacaglia, passacaille [F], pasacalle [S]—A variation form based on a recurring bass line or chord progression closely related to the chaconne. Of Spanish origin first appearing in the early 17th century. Some generalizations suggest a grave character, a minor key and a triple meter. wiki
  • 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
  • scherzando [I], scherzoso, scherzante—playfully, lively, jestingly
  • 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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