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Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)

Nationality: French

Born: January 20, 1855, Paris Died: June 10, 1899, Limay (age 44)

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Poème, Op. 25

(for violin and piano)

Lento e misterioso - Cadenza - Animato - Poco lento - Allegro - Tranquillo

Duration: 16 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1896 (age 40-41)

Published: 1898 (age 42-43)

Dedication: Eugène Ysaÿe

4 recordings, 6 videos

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13:46

Leonid Kogan, Andrei Mytnik

15:30

Vladimir Spivakov, Helene Mercier

9:31

Ida Haendel, Ilya Itin

(part 1 of 2)

6:29

Ida Haendel, Ilya Itin

(part 2 of 2)

9:08

George Enesco

(part 1 of 2)

6:32

George Enesco

(part 2 of 2)

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glossary

allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
animato, animé [Fr]—lively; animated
cadenza [I]—a solo, typically near the end of a movement, showing brilliant, virtuosic and improvisatory expression. An apotheosis. Related to "cadence" and "close". Usually found within concertos.
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
lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
misterioso [I]—mysterious, secretive, enigmatic
opus [L], opera[pl], Op., Opp, WoO, Op. posth—work, as in a work of art. For unique identification, publishers/composers often assign an "opus number", abbreviated as "Op." (e.g. Op. 1). A range of works by opus number, uses the plural "opp." (e.g. "Opp. 1-3"). A single opus number may refer to a collection of works (e.g. a set of quartets) giving rise to designations like "Op. 1, No. 4". For misc. works without opus numbers, "WoO" is often used (e.g."Without Opus"). Posthumously assigned numbers may use "Op. posth". Opus numbers may not precisely reflect chronology (publication vs. composition), can be erroneous, sparse or duplicative. Thus, the works of some historically important composers may use separate catalog numbers (e.g. Bach, Haydn, Schubert). See wiki
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.
tranquillo [It], tranquille [F], tranquillement—tranquil, peaceful, soft
transcription, transcribe—To re-score a work for an ensemble of instruments different from the original version. Typical examples include orchestrating piano or chamber works and visa versa. Within the realm of chamber music, a work for winds might be transcribed for strings, a symphony into a string quartet, a trio featuring a clarinet substituting a viola. One interesting question is: who made the transcription, the original composer? One interesting effect is that the transcription may become favored over the original. One of the most curious transcriptions in all of chamber music is Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht", transcribed from string sextet to piano trio with amazing success by one of his students.