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Florence Price (1887-1953)
Nationality:
American
Born: April 9, 1887, Little Rock, AR Died: June 3, 1953, Chicago (age 66)
String Quartet No. 2 in a minor
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 13:29 | I. | Moderato | |
| 7:06 | II. | Andante cantabile | |
| 4:43 | III. | Juba. Allegro | |
| 5:52 | IV. | Finale. Allegro |
Duration: 31 minutes (approximately)
Published:
1935 (age 47-48)
5 recordings,
12 videos
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15:08
Catalyst Quartet
I.
Moderato
6:33
Catalyst Quartet
II.
Andante cantabile
4:26
Catalyst Quartet
III.
Juba. Allegro
5:46
Catalyst Quartet
IV.
Finale. Allegro
11:50
Maria Ioudenitch, Grant Houston, Sarah Darling, Francesca McNeely
I.
Moderato
6:58
Maria Ioudenitch, Grant Houston, Sarah Darling, Francesca McNeely
II.
Andante cantabile
4:45
Maria Ioudenitch, Grant Houston, Sarah Darling, Francesca McNeely
III.
Juba. Allegro
5:57
Maria Ioudenitch, Grant Houston, Sarah Darling, Francesca McNeely
IV.
Finale. Allegro
7:18
Takács Quartet
II.
Andante cantabile
7:39
Gabriela Diaz, Mina Lavcheva, Ashleigh Gordon, Seth Parker Woods
II.
Andante cantabile
4:58
Gabriela Diaz, Mina Lavcheva, Ashleigh Gordon, Seth Parker Woods
III.
Juba. Allegro
7:00
Daniel Hope, Karen Shinozaki Sor, Elizabeth Prior, Michelle Djokic
II.
Andante cantabile
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glossary
- 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
- cantabile, cantate, cantando—singing, lyrical, flowing
- 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
- finale [I], final [F]—The final movement, sometimes explicitly titled thus
- 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
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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.
Explore the string quartet.