Emile Jaques-Dalcroze

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950)

Nationality: Swiss
Born: July 6, 1865, Vienna Died: July 1, 1950, Geneva (age 85)
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String Quartet in e minor

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
12:34 I. Moderato assai
6:27 II. Intermezzo
7:55 III. Larghetto
5:28 IV. Intermezzo
6:22 V. Allegro scherzando
Duration: 39 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1899 (age 33-34)
1 recording, 5 videos
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12:34
Ensemble Stanislas
I. Moderato assai
6:27
Ensemble Stanislas
II. Intermezzo
7:55
Ensemble Stanislas
III. Larghetto
5:28
Ensemble Stanislas
IV. Intermezzo
6:22
Ensemble Stanislas
V. Allegro scherzando

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Student
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glossary

  • allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
  • assai—very much. Intensifies the direction of its neighboring words, e.g. "allegro assai", very fast
  • 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
  • intermezzo, intermedio [S], intermède [F], interlude, Entr'acte—music that is "inserted" (or "interpolated) between two musical entities of greater importance (e.g. movements, acts, verses, etc.). Often suggests music of a lighter character, entertaining contrast or even improvisation.
  • larghetto—slow, but a bit faster than largo
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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